Myanmar seizes over 1,600 tons of illegal teak timber in April-May
Update: 2024-05-23 20:00 IST
Yangon: Myanmar authorities have seized 1,631 tons of illegal teak timber across the country from April to mid-May this year, the state-owned television channel MRTV reported on Thursday.
According to the report, 492 tons of timber were confiscated from the Bago Region during a one-and-a-half-month period, reports Xinhua News Agency.
In the 2023-24 fiscal year, the Southeast Asian country seized a total of 7,742 tons of teak timber nationwide, the report said.
The crackdown on illegal timber is crucial for Myanmar's reforestation efforts, the report said.