Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Hardwood-Logging-Workers-in-DRC-27MZIFJJOEHWU.htmlConceptually similarIllegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTXMCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROKCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWYCompleted★★★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTX0Completed★★★★Mukula Forest in DRCGP0STQVMRCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTX4Completed★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQROQCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWQCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWSCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STQTXIHardwood Logging Workers in DRCLumberjacks 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。Locations:Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Katanga ProvinceDate:19 Aug, 2016Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5760px X 3840pxKeywords: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)Shoot:Illegal Logging of Hardwood in DRC and Its Trading in ChinaPterocarpus 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.Related Collections:Illegal Logging of Hardwood in DRC and Its Trading in China (Photos & Video)