Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Hardwood-Logging-Workers-in-DRC-27MZIFJJUBAYP.htmlConceptually similarIllegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWYCompleted★★★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROKCompleted★★★★Burning Charcoal in DRCGP0STQTXKCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Checkpoint in DRCGP0STQTWLCompleted★★★★Injured Worker in DRCGP0STQTWNCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROCCompleted★★★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTXMCompleted★★★★Truck Loaded with Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQRO1Completed★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTX0Completed★★★★View AllGP0STQRO0Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCWorkers at a hardwood storage field of a Chinese merchant in Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.In original language:刚果(金)卢本巴希市内的血檀木材堆放场图为刚果(金)第二大城市卢本巴希市内,一个中国商人的血檀木材堆放场。Locations:Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Katanga Province-LubumbashiDate:24 Aug, 2016Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4949px X 3299pxKeywords:Day-Forests (campaign title)-Illegal logging-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Manual workers-Men-Outdoors-People-Small group of people-Timber industryShoot: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)