DRC: Chinese Companies Linked to Illegal Logging and Mining in Northern DRC

May 31, 2022 | Gloria Pallares, Mongabay
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In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep into the world’s second largest rainforest. They were cut in a hurry to be exported to global processing hubs in Asia, then redistributed to luxury markets in China and beyond. Instead, the precious wood is sprouting orange fungi and crumbles to the touch.