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Logging: Plundering nature’s bounty in Africa – Report

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African countries lose $17 billion each year in illegal logging. The United Nations has reported that Africa’s share of hardwood exports to China has risen from 40% in 2008 to 90% as of 2018. Southeast Asia once had its own rosewood forests but became so depleted that loggers began plundering other parts of the world.