1.   The UK timber trade wants continued availability of top quality timber and economically affordable timber supplies.

2.   Among the organizations attending were Friends of the Earth and the World Wide Fund for Nature, which had differing views on the timber trade.

3.   The seminar took the view that the timber trade helps preserve forests by giving them economic value.

4.   But this is particularly in the timber trade.

5.   One day it could be used by the timber trade as a guide for preserving the environment which pays their wages.

6.   The Thai border is just seven miles away, but the illegal gem and timber trade with Thailand that financed the war has dwindled.

7.   A cease-fire signed by the Karenni collapsed when the Burmese army attempted to seize control of the lucrative cross-border timber trade that helps finance the Karenni militia.

8.   A cease-fire with the Karenni broke down this year in a dispute over controlling the timber trade, and the Karen and some Shan have yet to surrender.