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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: China Spurring Illegal Timber Trade in Tanzania


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Logs of indigenous hardwood await export in southern Tanzania's Rufiji District in this picture taken in 2007.

China's insatiable appetite for timber has sparked a boom in illegal trade in the east African country, and conservationists say the unchecked deforestation may have grave environmental impacts.

Photograph courtesy Simon Milledge/TRAFFIC