Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Local-Family-in-DRC-27MZIFJJOEC8W.htmlConceptually similarBurning Charcoal in DRCGP0STQTXKCompleted★★★★Kiombo Bkiangk Mukano Village Chief in DRCGP0STQTWRCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWYCompleted★★★★★★Injured Worker in DRCGP0STQTWNCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROKCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTX0Completed★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTXMCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROCCompleted★★★★★★Hardwood Logging Checkpoint in DRCGP0STQTWLCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STQTX5Local Family in DRCMxambo Mliense with his 5 children. Mliense burns charcoal for a living. The price of a bag of charcoal is $3.5, the same as a Mukula log felled on his land.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:刚果民主共和国的当地家庭MXAMBO MLIENSE有5个孩子，以砍树烧木炭为生，一袋木炭卖3500法郎（相当于3.5美元），他自己土地上被砍倒的血檀树一根也卖3500法郎。Locations:Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Katanga ProvinceDate:20 Aug, 2016Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4948px X 3299pxRestrictions:No FundraisingKeywords:Charcoal-Children-Day-Families-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Outdoors-People-Smoke-VillagesShoot: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)
