Illegal timber sales from Senegal to Gambia could see the Casamance forest depleted significantly by 2018, a former Senegal environment minister has warned.
Deforestation in the southern Casamance region has accelerated since 2010 because of the illegal timber sales, said ecologist Haidar El Ali.
Aerial footage taken during a research trip shows thousands of rosewood logs being collected in Senegal and deposited in neighbouring Gambia before being sold to China, Haidar said.
Watchdog group G…
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