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Industry, governments, and other stakeholders are looking for tools to better assess the risk that products linked to illegal deforestation enter global trade flows. As illicit acts, illegal deforestation and related crimes in forest areas
How China’s Appetite for Rosewood Fuels Illegal Logging in Ghana. Soaring demand for luxury furniture in Asia is decimating Ghana’s forests while creating a lucrative but environmentally destructive industry. MOLE NATIONAL PARK, Ghana — Mbaaba Kaper stood in the...
A cursory Google search for "rosewood furniture China" brings up plenty of sites selling the luxury item, but most buyers are likely unaware that their treasured table or chair could be the product of a rampant illegal trade in the protected tree species — one which is decimating forests in West Africa, facilitating elephant poaching,…
Country's penchant for luxury furniture made from the tropical tree helps enable ivory trafficking and promote jihadi insurgency, report finds