On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:46:52 -0800 (PST), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

On Nov 20, 9:25*am, Bruce wrote:
On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:47:48 -0600, jim
...
I think that you should review your sources of information as in Asia,
...
Bruce-

http://www.ru.org/ecology-and-enviro...restation.html
Dictators need those cash crops to pay off what they stole from
'development' loans.

Yes, the problem, at least in SEA is the foreign demand for wood. In
fact President Soeharto, of Indonesia, once stated that, "if you are
upset about our cutting down the trees; stop buying them."

However, dictators paying off foreign development loans is a bit
exaggerated as most of the money from the lumber business flows into
the pockets of indigenous Chinese businessmen.

Cheers,

Bruce