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Keywords
Boys
Day
Forestry
Forests (campaign title)
High angle view
Illegal logging
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Logging practices
Manual workers
Men
Outdoors
People
Small group of people
Timber
Timber industry
Wood (materials)
Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRC
Transport workers load a truck with Mukula tree hardwood. One trunk of Mukula can weigh more than 200 kg, with some reaching up to 500 kg. The trucks are loaded by hand. Loading one truck with timber normally takes 20 workers an entire morning.
Pterocarpus tinctorius, or Mukula tree, is a rare and slow-growing hardwood unique to southern and central Africa. Mukula has been illegally logged and traded from Zambia and DRC to China for the last decade, feeding the increasing demand of "rosewood" in the Chinese market.
In original language:
特别大的木头,装车就像蚂蚁搬家一样。
特别大的木头,装车就像蚂蚁搬家一样。
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Illegal Logging of Hardwood in DRC and Its Trading in China
Pterocarpus tinctorius, or Mukula tree, is a rare and slow-growing hardwood unique to southern and central Africa. Mukula has been illegally logged and traded from Zambia and DRC to China for the last decade, feeding the increasing demand of "rosewood" in the Chinese market.
Chinese photographer Lu Guang traveled to Katanga province in the DR Congo as well as eastern China documenting the expanding Mukula industry. The project, commissioned by Greenpeace, follows its supply chain from the DRC, where it’s used for traditional medicine, dye, and a source of pollen for bees used in honey production—to processing centers in China and upscale furniture showrooms.
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Illegal Logging of Hardwood in DRC and Its Trading in China (Photos & Video)
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Unique identifier:
GP0STQTWQ
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
23/08/2016
Locations:
Africa
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Katanga Province
Credit line:
© Lu Guang / Greenpeace
Size:
4814px × 3209px 10.42 MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)