● Industries related to timber, paper, lac and sports equipment consider the forest as merely a source of raw material for their factories.

● People who run these industries are influential people and obtain raw materials of the forest very cheap.

● These industries are not interested in the sustainability of the forest in one particular area.

● For example, after cutting down all the teak trees in one area, they move to farther away.

● They do not bother about sustainable development.