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Original title: non-media: mahogany furniture popular in China by the African Grove was destroyed so it

South Africa August 7 the newspaper articles, the original question: the mahogany furniture popular in China by the African Grove was destroyed before the Chinese-backed buyers pay for mahogany, nobody noticed all over the northern part of this section, the yellow flowers of the trees. 5 years ago, Cote d ' Ivoire in turbulent times in the logging industry, licensing confusion, illegal logging, in 2014, the Government eventually on Redwood ban. Rosewood Government Adviser rang·jianuo said: "those trees are growing there for decades. We have found that this wood is popular in China, to recognize its value. ”

Chinese demand for the Redwoods, stimulated the mahogany trade in West Africa of at least 1.3 billion dollars, most of which are illegal. This has created large areas of forest have been cut down.

China is the world's largest consumer of timber, mahogany popular in the country, because the middle classes popular antique furniture. Importers originally Chinese and Southeast Asian neighbours, where redwoods almost after being cut, traders began looking to West Africa.

Quantitatively speaking, to supply China with mahogany top 7 countries are in Africa. Most West African countries banning mahogany exports. But they have not stopped illegal logging and exports. Based on the collection of data, in January-May, the surge in China imports West African mahogany 30%, increase the amount 19%.

Because of weak local law, risky speculative traders to bypass the ban, usually timber smuggling transit wood label or cut them into pieces. (Author Bolin·bakesi, Chen Junan translation)

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中国流行红木家具致非洲树林被毁|红木|非洲_新闻资讯

　　原标题：非媒：中国流行红木家具致非洲树林被毁 真是这样吗

　　南非《独立报》8月7日文章，原题：中国流行红木家具致非洲树林被毁 在中国人支持的买家开始出钱购买红木之前，没人注意到遍布科特迪瓦北部的这种多节、开黄色花的树木。5年前，科特迪瓦处于伐木业的动荡时代，许可混乱、非法砍伐，最终政府于2014年对红木一禁了之。科政府玫瑰木顾问让·加诺说：“那些树长在那里几十年了。我们发现这种木材在中国流行，才意识到其价值。”

　　中国人对红木的需求激增，刺激了西部非洲至少达13亿美元的红木贸易，其中多数是非法的。这造成大片森林被砍伐。

　　中国是世界上最大的木材消费国，红木在该国走俏，是因为其中产阶层流行仿古家具。进口商最初看中邻近的东南亚，那里的红木几乎被砍光后，贸易商开始瞄向西部非洲。

　　从数量上讲，向中国供应红木的前7个国家均在非洲。大多数西非国家禁止红木出口。但监管并未阻止非法砍伐和出口继续。根据收集的数据，1至5月，中国进口的西非红木数量激增30%，金额增加19%。

　　由于当地法治薄弱，冒险投机的商贩为绕过禁令，往往把木材偷运过境或切断成块贴上普通木材的标签。（作者波林·巴克斯，陈俊安译）

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