Asian loggers should take note of this handbook

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Asian loggers should take note of this handbook
Stabroek News
Wednesday, August 8th 2007

Dear Editor,

I do hope that the Asian loggers operating in the forests of Guyana
have taken note of the draft handbook on sustainable forestry intended
for transnational Chinese companies. This handbook should be useful to
the Minister for Forestry in dealing with the Asian enterprises and in
the development of more equitable arrangements for foreign direct
investment, alongside the OECD guidelines for multinational
enterprises.

The website reference for the announcement of the handbook developed by
the State Forestry Administration of the Peoples Republic of China is
at URL

http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0711-china.html.

Asian loggers in Guyana should also read 'China urges responsible
logging overseas' at url =
http://www.illegal-logging.info/item_single.php?
item=news&item_id=2221&approac

h_id=. I expect that the Embassy of the
People's Republic of China in Georgetown will have copies of the
handbook which calls for a ban on illegal logging.

Yours faithfully,

Janette Bulkan