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nigeria with 186000000 inhabitants it s the most populated country in africa this is where most of the charcoal imported to the e.u. comes from it s a huge business not only in nigeria paraguayan in south america is another big global player. according to the un over half the trees cut down worldwide are burnt to produce charcoal with severe effects to the climate. nigerian merchants praise the high quality of charcoal derived from tropical wood it s particularly durable and it s embers last much longer but these traders don t have to certify where they get their charcoal the wood could be from one of the few sustainable plantations for tropical timber in africa or it could have been illegally logged in the