africa, desertification, ghana, illegal logging, rosewood trees

Corruption in Ghana: Rosewood Trees Cut Down Illegally, Exported to China

Ghana has taken strict steps to curb the illegal trade of rosewood trees since 2012. However, this has not stopped China from illegally acquiring rosewood from the African nation, as revealed in a recent report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Ghana’s loss “Since 2012, over 540,000 tons of rosewood — the equivalent of 23,478 ...

Max Lu

China illegally harvesting rosewood in Ghana.