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Keywords
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Forestry
Forests (campaign title)
Illegal logging
KWCI (GPI)
Logging practices
Outdoors
Timber
Timber industry
Trade
Wood (materials)
Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRC
Debarked Mukula logs awaiting transportation at a lumberyard in Katanga province in the DRC. Mukula trees grow scattered in the forests of Katanga province. 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:
在刚果(金)加丹加省的森林里
在刚果(金)加丹加省的森林里,大约100米左右就有一根成年的血檀树,经过砍伐、去皮堆集在一起准备让大卡车运走。
Unique identifier:
GP0STQTX4
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
21/08/2016
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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