Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Illegally-Logged-Hardwood-in-DRC-27MZIFJJUBYJ5.htmlConceptually similarIllegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQRO3Completed★★★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROKCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQROOCompleted★★★★★★Truck Loaded with Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQRO1Completed★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQRO0Completed★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQRODCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWYCompleted★★★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWQCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWSCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STQRO7Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCTransport workers load roughly finished bloodwood timber onto trucks. One bloodwood log normally weighs 200 – 250 kg. It takes 20 people and an entire morning to load one truck.Locations:Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Katanga ProvinceDate:23 Aug, 2016Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5433px X 3622pxKeywords:Boys-Day-Forestry-Forests (campaign title)-Hands-High angle view-Illegal logging-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Logging practices-Manual workers-Men-Outdoors-People-Small group of people-Timber-Timber industry-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)