Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Young-Hardwood-Logging-Worker-in-DRC-27MZIFJJULN9P.htmlConceptually similarIllegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQROQCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQROKCompleted★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQRONCompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQROOCompleted★★★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQROLCompleted★★★★★★Chinese Merchant at a Hardwood Storage in DRCGP0STQRO6Completed★★★★Hardwood Logging Workers in DRCGP0STQTXICompleted★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTWYCompleted★★★★★★Illegally Logged Hardwood in DRCGP0STQTX0Completed★★★★View AllGP0STQROHYoung Hardwood Logging Worker in DRCTwenty year old lumberjack Miwa (米瓦) rests on a log of bloodwood. In Zambia, a neighbouring country of DRC, bloodwood has been illegally logged and exported to China in the past, but the unbridled harvesting of bloodwood has now been prohibited by the Zambian government.Locations:Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Katanga ProvinceDate:21 Aug, 2016Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5760px X 3840pxKeywords:Boys-Day-Forestry-Forests (campaign title)-High angle view-Illegal logging-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Loggers-One person-Outdoors-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)