Mukula logs awaiting transport in the DRC
Illegal logging creates swathes of wasteland.
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Mukula (rosewood) logs await transport to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo before being smuggled into Zambia and Tanzania for onward shipping to Asia.

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