Logging

With just 62 wardens to cover some 14,000 hectares, it’s an arduous game of cat and mouse

In South Africa, environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase and police detective Leroy Bruwer were killed

Some species have fewer than 50 individuals left in the wild and in South Africa, 6% of its species are threatened

China’s thirst for resources including wood and minerals is leading to deforestation in Africa and the destruction of wildlife, said Jane Goodall.

The Democratic Republic of Congo should cancel more than three quarters of its logging deals for not meeting necessary standards, a report said.

Illegal logging, which is decimating the forests of Ghana, has been getting worse as global demand for timber grows.