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Chinese businesses and Namibian elites get rich illegally logging rosewood trees
13 January 2021 5:15 PM
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Protected ancient rosewood trees are being chopped down in Nambia despite a moratorium on harvesting these prized hardwoods and a ban on trading raw timber.
Investigative reporter John Grobler visited the Okavango and Zambezi regions of Namibia, where the illegal felling trade is rampant.
Grobler wrote a report for the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and says he did not see a single mature African rosewood tree left standing.
He says Chinese-fronted companies and Nambia s political elite are making millions cutting down the protected hardwood species.