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Keywords
Accidents
Boys
Day
Forests (campaign title)
Illegal logging
Illness
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Manual workers
Outdoors
People
Three people
Timber industry
Injured Worker in DRC
On August 20th 2016, Mbayokapoto injured his finger while loading Mukula hardwood logs. His foreman refused to pay for treatment and compensation. Workers here are held responsible for their own safety.
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.
In original language:
受伤工人在刚果民主共和国
8月20日,MBAYOKAPOTO在搬运木头时压断了根手指,他说:“老板没有给钱治疗和赔偿,老板说:’是你自己不小心碰到的我们不管’。”当地人也都认为在工作中保护好自己是工人自己的事情。
Unique identifier:
GP0STQTWN
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
23/08/2016
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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