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Keywords
Day
Forests (campaign title)
Illegal logging
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Loggers
Logging camps
Logging practices
Manual workers
Men
Outdoors
People
Small group of people
Timber
Timber industry
Trade
Wood (materials)
Hardwood Logging Workers in DRC
Lumberjacks debarking logs. Villagers are permitted to log for their own needs, if they have an artisanal logging permission. However, Chinese traders who hire these lumberjacks have exported the harvested Mukula to China.
Mukula 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:
硬木采伐工人
正在砍伐血檀树的伐木工人。
Unique identifier:
GP0STQTXI
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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