No one paid much attention to the gnarled, yellow-blossomed rosewood trees dotted around farmsteads in northern Ivory Coast until Chinese-backed buyers started offering money for the timber.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/chinese-furniture-fashion-ravages-west-africa%E2%80%99s-savannas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/bloomberg
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-industry
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gambia
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-smuggling
