Illegal logging, charcoal burning destroying East Africa’s forests
Illegal logging has depleted East Africa’s natural resources. AFP
The United Nations Environment Assembly convened in Nairobi recently pointed out that East Africa’s natural resources are being rapidly depleted. The meeting held at the Unep headquarters, warned that the region’s forests are shrinking under the pressure of human activities, among them illegal logging and the charcoal trade.
Illegal logging in East Africa constitutes part of the total illegitimate global trade in timber products, which Unep says is worth between $30 billion and $100 billion — between 10 per cent and 30 per cent of the total global timber trade.
