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TO GO WITH Myanmar-Environment-politics-crime,FEATURE by Ye Aung Thu This photo taken on April 5, 2014 shows a worker clearing the area where teak trees once grew in the Bago Region of Myanmar after the land was scorched ahead of replanting. Locals say there are plans to replant the area with valuable teak trees -- though even if they do, these will take up to 80 years to reach maturity. Logging in Myanmar exploded under the former junta, as the generals tossed aside sustainable forestry practices in their thirst to cash in on vast natural resources. Experts say an insatiable world appetite for precious hardwoods is threatening rare species and helping to drive deforestation in one of the last major areas of tropical forest in Asia. AFP PHOTO / YE AUNG THU (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images)