Illegal logging in Africa costs the continent up to $17 billion annually. A high global demand for African hardwood fuels this environmental crime. By value and by volume, rosewood is the most trafficked wildlife product worldwide.
Africa’s share of illegal rosewood exports to China surged from 40 per cent in 2008 to 90 per cent in 2018, says the United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime. In 2022, an Environmental Investigation Agency analysis revealed that over three million…
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