Greed And Failed Leadership Responsible For Illegal Rosewood Logging In Upper West Region
The continue extraction of rosewood in our forest and woodlots in the Upper West Region needs to be re-examined. Our political leaders including MDAs, Traditional Authorities, Landlords, some private citizens are aiding the Chinese nationals to get individuals deceived with peanuts to fell rosewoods for their gains.Modern Ghana, 31 August 2019
Ghana, Timber, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus, illegal harvesting
China can help solve Mexico’s illegal logging crisis
Action against suppliers and buyers in markets such as China is urgently needed to protect endangered Mexican rosewood.Dialogo Chino, 30 August 2019
Mexico, China, Timber, Illegal logging, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus
The Rosewood racket: Leaving blood trails, stripped forests and ecosystems
Nigeria has become the first on the list of China’s seven biggest suppliers of rosewood logs in Africa. Smart Chinese businessmen, according to -Akinsola B., a researcher, are exploiting a lax regulatory and enforcement environment, loopholes in existing laws, lack of government policy and direction, as well as corruption by government officials, to drive an illegal trade in the export of the country’s forest resources.Daily Trust, 30 August 2019
Nigeria, Timber, illegal timber trade, illegal timber harvesting, rosewood
Corruption in Ghana: Rosewoods 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).Vision Times, 15 August 2019
, Timber, rosewood, Illegal logging
How Chinese appetite puts African rosewood on verge of extinction
According to the African Union (AU) reports, current trends in rosewood abusive exploitation not only contributes to environmental instability, but also to conflicts and violence in many areas. Therefore, illegal trade in rosewood can be considered a threat to the political stability in many parts of Africa.Daily Trust, 07 August 2019
, Timber, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus, illegal harvesting
The rosewood ‘plunder’ scandal: How did we get here?
Arguably, the most heartbreaking environmental scandal to have hit Ghana recently is thedamning report on how “a massive institutionalized scheme of timber trafficking” enabled by an alleged high-level corruption and collusion has resulted in the loss of about 6 million rosewood trees through illegal logging and the abuse of timber rights allocation permit.My Joy Online , 06 August 2019
, Timber, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus, illegal harvesting
A judge let Chinese rosewood queen walk - Prosecutors
The Tamale Circuit judge who discharged the Chinese Rosewood Queen, paving the way for her deportation, has been accused of ignoring or concealing charges filed by prosecutors.Ghana Web, 16 July 2019
Ghana, Timber, Pterocarpus erinaceus, rosewood
How illegal rosewood logging is destroying lives in rural communities
The illegal logging of the expensive rosewood species has continued in the northern parts of Ghana despite a 2014 government ban, destroying the lives of residents there.My Joy Online , 10 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus
Minister Speaks Against Rosewood Exploitation
The Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah, has appealed to chiefs in the region to desist from assisting Chinese nationals to engage in the exploitation of rosewood in the region.Peace FM Online, 10 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, illegal timber trading, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus
How illegal rosewood logging thrived despite government ban
In late 2013, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Inusah Fuseini addressed a media briefing to announce government’s ban on the harvesting and export of the endangered tree species, rosewood.Ghana Web, 08 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, Illegal logging, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus