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Zambia fighting to save Mukula tree from savvy smugglers [1]

Lusaka – The Southern African Development Community is losing an estimated $16-million per month through the rampant smuggling of the Pterocarpus Chrysothrix trees, used for fine timber and medicin

Publication Date: 
13/06/2017
Southern African [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Trees [4], Zambia [5], Deforestation [6], Land [7], Exports [8], Angola [9], Congo [10], Namibia [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/southern-african
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zambia
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/exports
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/angola
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/namibia