"One of the world?s "biodiversity hotspots" is under siege, as a growing number of business interests seek to cash in the "peace" in northern Burma?s Kachin State... A project is in progress to build a number of roads in Kachin State in return for huge logging concessions. While improving and expanding the infrastructure in Kachin State is much needed, the impact of this deal on the environment could prove to be disastrous..."