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	Podcast:		The Documentary
	Episode:		The Silent Forest - Part Two
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:50:29
	Publish Date:		2017-09-30 23:00:00
	Description:		The Siamese Rosewood tree is now so valuable that two small pieces carried in a rucksack are worth $500. This kind of money means that armed criminal gangs up to a hundred strong have stripped the forests of Thailand bare of the Rosewood. Nearly all of it is destined for the Chinese rosewood ‘hongmu’ furniture market. And, in the north-west of Thailand, the Karen people are trying to create a 'peace park' to preserve their natural habitat. Can they stem the storm of exploitation and destruction and keep their forests alive and vibrant?
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