1.   The cash-poor country is rife with illegal cutting of valuable hardwood trees and poaching of wildlife.

2.   He said, however, it was difficult for the government to prove that some big forest companies were involved in illegal cutting.

3.   Local governments also have blamed illegal wood cutting for denuding hillsides, causing erosion and wasted runoff.

4.   Local governments also blame illegal wood cutting for denuding hillsides, causing erosion.

5.   The ecosystem of the Zailisky Alatau region has suffered from overgrazing, illegal wood cutting, acid rain and overuse by human beings.

6.   Tyler said the province decided to act after receiving reports that illegal cutting was on the increase.

7.   The rainforest is also being destroyed through the illegal cutting of trees and bush-burning.

8.   There have been allegations that soldiers are involved in the illegal cutting of trees.