In the jungle town of Thmar Baing--population about 150--wooden huts are springing up along a logging road, where residents, mostly military men and their families, keep gibbons as pets.

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Earlier forest blockades, by Greenpeace and others, showed up the logging companies' destructive practices, such as over-cutting, too-large clear-cuts, and damage not only to the forests but to salmon streams.

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Terry Fogarty, in charge of unmanned systems at Kaman, says that the single-pilot-manned K-MAX can be flown up to 12 hours a day on logging operations, requiring a change of pilots.

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Authorities are also drawing up legislation to establish an independent body that will monitor logging, possibly in conjunction with non-governmental groups.

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The Belarus side is managed by a well-connected agency whose new boss has been urging his staff to cook up arguments in favour of commercial logging.

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