Lack of governance and export exemptions allow the continuation of illegal rosewood logging in Madagascar and threaten to undermine decades of conservation works. Lack of governance and export ...

The CITES secretary listed five species of rosewood (Dalbergia) and 84 species of ebony (Diospyros) on Appendix III. All export of these newly listed species must now be accompanied by a document ...

Local communities where trees are lost receive little income. Yet, thanks to the media coverage, public pressure is growing for rosewood trading to end. In 2007, Madagascar's politicians allowed the ...

Ghana and other West African countries are the victims of China's insatiable and unchecked demand for rosewood, the EIA said. Africa Live: More on this and other stories Madagascar's forests ...