1. But after the budworm panic passed, Milliken said, some companies saw clear-cutting as the most cost-effective way to get timber to the mills. 2. The agency says companies such as Weyerhaeuser-Canada receive illegal government subsidies by getting timber at artificially low prices. 3. But if the negotiations failed, the traders would still get another chance to get the timber by attending FIO auctions. 4. Getting timber out of Burma had become more expensive. 5. They say the companies should get their timber from younger woods. |