Forest. They have survived wars, and decades of dictatorship. But now, the future of myanmars timber elephants, and their handlers, is at risk. In order to make money, we have to fire some employees. Since logging extraction is reduced, they will be fired. With the myanmar government drastically reducing timber extraction by 2014, livelihoods are on the line. Yes, we are suffering because we have been working in this industry for a long time. After decades of lost opportunities, today myanmar is racing to catch up. Some of the changes sweeping through the country are wrenching, and will reach far corners. Im nirmal ghosh, on this edition of 101 east, we gain rare access to remote elephant logging camps and ask, is this is the end of myanmars timber elephants . For centuries, myanmars tropical hardwood has been in demand across the world. In the colonial era, it was used to build the British Naval fleet. Today burmese teak furniture fetches thousands of dollars in the open market. The d
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