Local media reports suggest the plant has had to cut production because of a reduction in the timber harvest.

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Irving (a Canadian conglomerate that is now the largest single landowner in Maine), intend to harvest the timber in the usual way, but others, such as Plum Creek Timber, will use the forest a bit differently.

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Also known as loggers, lumberjacks typically harvest, cut and transport timber to be processed into lumber, paper and other wood products.

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The vessel was carrying nearly three times its recommended limit of 74 passengers, including many indigenous tribal palm oil and timber workers returning to their home villages for a harvest festival holiday, said Bakar Sibau, a district police chief in Malaysia's Sarawak state.

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In the years since, private timber companies have found it increasingly attractive to sell their land for conservation easements rather than chase the harvest or sell the land for private development.

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