High prices and illegal shipments of inferior quality have badly affected Madagascar's status as premier vanilla producer.

THE WORLD'S largest exporter of hardwood plywood, Indonesian tycoon Prajogo Pangestu, is having to defend himself against criticism that he has close links with President Suharto. Prajogo has

Indonesia is burdened, in more ways than one, by other nations treating it as a dumping ground for their wastes.

Though experts and officials speak proudly of the country's clean air and water, the data they rely on is outdated.

By lifting a ban raw wood export and levying a huge tax on it instead, officials in Jakarta have come under fire from both loggers and environmentalists