Hardwood Logging Workers in DRC

Lumberjacks using a solar-powered radio to listen to music in the lumberyard. They usually return home once every 1 to 2 weeks.

In original language:

硬木伐木工人在刚果民主共和国

在森林里伐木的村民很少回家，他们利用太阳能收音机听听歌曲。

Unique identifier: GP0STQTX9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/08/2016

Locations: Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga Province

Credit line: © Lu Guang / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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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