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Timber owners have often produced lumber at a loss and survived these down cycles in demand.

木场主经常赔本生产木料，以便在需求低迷期挺过来。

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Further down the supply chain, timber-dealers and factories are often certified largely on the strength of documents which may be illegally bought.

ECONOMIST: Western consciences can do only so much to conserve forests

Others say that if hydro-electricity fails to provide the goods, Laos has no alternative but timber, and the faster chopping down of its forests of hardwood.

ECONOMIST: Laos