Ministers from East Asian countries emerged from a regional meeting last week with a declaration committing them to crack down on illegal logging. Government officials are calling the declaration historic, but critics doubt the agreement will make a meaningful difference in stanching the flow of unlawfully cut timber from Indonesia and other countries in the region.
FORESTS: East Asia ministers pledge to stop illegal logging (David Kaimowitz, CIFOR's Director General quoted)
Published on 19 Sep 2001