The Lower Mekong Region has a high potential to transform from a hotbed of illegal logging and forest crimes to a hub of sustainable forestry and trade, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
A seminar on “Rosewood Illegal Logging, the Forest Crimes in Lower Mekong Region” was organised on Tuesday by the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, in Bangkok.
Akiko Inoguchi, Forest Officer of the FAO, said that illegal logging has been reduced in the Lower Mekong Region, an area shared by Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. In all Lower Mekong countries, agriculture has been the main driver of deforestation while illegal logging remains, but is perceived to be at…
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