The Chinese term fei chien, which translates to “flying money,” refers to an underground financial system with no paper trail…
Browsing: illegal logging
For decades, The Gambia has been a major source of African rosewood, which is prized by Chinese furniture makers for…
ADF STAFF | Photos by Reuters Recent seizures of illegal drugs in the Sahel indicate that the conflict-riddled region is becoming…
ADF STAFF The Miombo Woodlands covers parts of eight African countries, stretching from Burundi to Angola to southern Mozambique. Yet…
ADF STAFF Massive redwood trees tower above the floor of central Kenya’s Aberdare National Park, home to an array of…
ADF STAFF Mozambique has eclipsed other African countries as China’s primary supplier of rosewood, a material coveted for its use…
ADF STAFF A new four-part investigation by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network and The Africa Report shows how trees…
ADF STAFF Mozambican authorities are worried that timber smuggling in Cabo Delgado province is funding terror groups such as Ansar…
ADF STAFF Despite an amazing array of natural resources, the Central African Republic (CAR) has endured years of civil war,…
ADF STAFF The Tanzania Forest Agency (TFA) is adding drones to the tools it uses to protect dwindling woodland areas,…