1.   A valuable hardwood forest in Tennessee and Kentucky called the Land Between the Lakes will be taken from the Tennessee Valley Authority and given to the U.S. Forest Service.

2.   It has oil, valuable hardwood forests and many other untapped natural riches.

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

4.   Much of the teak, ramin and other valuable hardwoods are illegally exported to the United States, Europe, Japan and China, Newmon said.

5.   Several varieties of valuable hardwood trees grow in the area.