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Tropical Hardwood Log Imports into Japan (units: cubic meters)
Region
1992
1993
1994
1995
4-year total
Laos
13,000
13,000
40,000
30,000
96,000
Myanmar (Burma)
13,000
76,000
22,000
17,000
128,000
Solomon Islands
309,000
346,000
338,000
381,000
1,374,000
Sabah
2,064,000
293,000
0
6,000
2,363,000
Papua New Guinea
1,163,000
1,754,000
1,932,000
1,586,000
6,435,000
Sarawak
6,363,000
4,922,000
4,463,000
3,902,000
19,650,000
The decrease in timber taken from Sarawak and Sabah is directly the result of declining forest cover and increasing
environmental regulation.
"Rainforest" is used interchangeably with "rain forest" on this site. Same for "rainforests" and "rain forests". "Jungle" is generally not used.
Recent news
Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record (8/10/2007) Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon for the previous year were the lowest on record, according to preliminary figures released by INPE, Brazil's National Institute of Space Research.
Lowland rainforest less diverse than previously thought (8/9/2007) While rainforests are the world's libraries of biodiversity, species richness may be more evenly distributed in some forests than in others, reports an extensive new study by an international team of entomologists and botanists. The work, published in the current issue of the journal Nature, has important implications for forest management and conservation strategies.
Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru (8/9/2007) High-resolution satellite monitoring of the Amazon rainforest in Peru shows that land-use and conservation policies have had a measurable impact on deforestation rates. The research is published in the August 9, 2007, on-line edition of Science Express.
