A sticky point for Malaysia is the unresolved conflicts in timber concession areas between indigenous communities and state-licensed logging companies, particularly in Sarawak. Nicholas pointed out that industrial logging in Malaysia is carried out by rich timber companies and not by the poor. The regrettable effect of this perception is that the ordinary people lose their rights and lose their livelihoods, while the rich and the powerful get rewarded for their plunder and inhumanity, he added.

They will also learn basics of tree care, including how to properly plant a tree, how to deal with summer drought and how to identify diseased trees. Participants will be educated on how trees play an important role in helping to clean the air and protect water. start on Tuesday, July 24, the workshop takes place at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 235 Church St.

He said some cases involved timber companies, who had strayed outside their logging concession areas. He advised timber companies to log within their concession areas and urged the public to inform police of any suspected illegal logging activities. KUCHING: Sarawak police are using helicopters from the police air wing to detect illegal logging in the state. Nation Wednesday July 18, 2007 Sarawak police using helicopters to detect illegal logging. On our part, we can take action on the...

The proposed timber sale brings together the big issues that fuel forest controversies: threatened species, wildfires, and logging old trees. Now, Asante Riverwind says logging opponents want a more permanent ruling, particularly because the spotted owl is involved. Forest Service will square off in federal court over a logging project in central Oregon. There's several different federal environmental policy laws in play here -- everything from the Endangered Species Act which is meant to...

By Jamil Khan KARACHI: The inability of the City District Government Karachi s (CDGK) Parks and Horticulture (P&H) and Forest departments to get along is preventing the plantation of trees in the city that are very necessary for a polluted city like Karachi, the Daily Times learnt Monday. By Jamil Khan KARACHI: The inability of the City District Government Karachi s (CDGK) Parks and Horticulture (P&H) and Forest departments to get along is preventing the plantation of trees in the city...

Rugged lumberjacks by the thousands poured into the region to clear roads, build lumber mills, extend rail lines and strip the timber from virtually every mountain and valley. Vast expanses of virgin pine and hemlock trees stretching for as far as the eye could see greeted the pioneers who arrived to eke out a living in the region and the lumber barons who soon followed. The introduction of the logging railroad and geared locomotives drove logging into previously inaccessible areas....