Cameroon loses about 33 billion CFA francs (almost US$60 000 000) annually through the illegal exploitation of timber. The trade may also be benefiting terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the largest timber smuggling operations in history is revealed today by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in a report that shows how over 1.4 million ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week, in response to the dire rosewood crisis in West Africa and particularly in Nigeria, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Buhari administration banned the export of wood and charcoal because... The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, made the statement on Thursday, January 19, 2023, in Abuja following a meeting ...

As rainforest throughout much of the country has disappeared, Nigeria’s Oluwa Forest Reserve has been a sanctuary for many species, including Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees – the rarest chimpanzee ...

SOLDIERFS drafted from 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Cross River State, have raided the Calabar timber market and carted away illegal wood brought into the market through illegal routes ...

HANOI, VIETNAM (AP) – Vietnamese authorities have seized 981 pounds of ivory illegally shipped from Nigeria after finding 3.5 tons at the same port last month, an official said Wednesday. The ivory ...