Groups seek to combat illegal timber trade

Top government officials and environmentalists gathered here on Monday for a three-day conference to address the problems of illegal timber product trading, trans-border haze pollution and the reforestation of degraded land. The Ministry of Forestry's director general of forest conservation and rehabilitation, Koes Saparjadi, said the workshop, which is organized by the Asian Forest Partnership (AFP), was expected to address regional forestry problems faced by members of the AFP, including Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Japan.