Chinese companies linked to illegal logging and mining in northern DRC

Mongabay
May 31, 2022, 5:04 pm222 pts
BASOKO, Congo — In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep into the world’s second largest rainforest. They were cut in a hurry to be exported to global processing hubs in Asia, then redistributed to luxury markets in China and beyond. Instead, the precious wood is…

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