A little more about underwater logging in Surinam
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A little more about underwater logging in Suriname.
As a cost reducing measure, the trees of the area were not cut before they started to submerge. This caused problems for shipping activity in the lake. In 2002, Brokopondo Watra Wood International N.V. (BWWI) was given permission by Suralco to start a pilot program investigating the possibility to harvest the remaining trees from the lake. The idea came from the late Paramaribo entrepreneur Orlando Lee On, who read about similar harvesting efforts in the Tucuruí Lake in Brazil when on a plane to Miami. [3] [4] In 2004 harvesting began, which resulted in the first shipment of wood from the lake to Europe and the United States in June 2005.
It sounds like Orlando Lee On may have passed away. So I don't know if anyone has continued to pursue reservoir logging in Suriname.
http://www.oecoamazonia.com/en/news/suriname/...-inundadas
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