Illegal cutting threatens Nigerian forest

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria -- Roaring chain saws sent trees crashing to the ground, and bare-chested men hacked away at the branches beside a muddy road. Others heaved logs onto a truck, where they were tied in place with wire.

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