Illegal logging Ghana Larenstein May 2009

186 illegal logging spots were measured in compartment 17 of the Nkrabia Forest reserve. Compartment 17 is 160 hectares in size. Informal logging by local people is a growing problem in Ghana. Movie was filmed in may 2009 and used for my final thesis presentation Larenstein.

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• Ghana
• illegal logging
• Nkrabia forest reserve
• greenpeace
• WWF
• Larenstein

[bajapower]

Anyone know what kind of tree that was?

[Willem19862]

@bajapower I gues it is a Ceiba tree

[Willem19862]

The major problem is related to how lucrative the business is. Ghanean law states that the official sawmills have to sell at least 40% of their production to the local market. However, on the local market they get maybe 10 to 50 euro for a cubic meter of mahogany. On the global market they may get up to 2000 euro for the same cubic meter. So all official sawmills are only exporting, resulting in a lack of cheap timber on the local market.

[modernhumble]

@Maliceyee u are probably a white mother fucka sitting behind the anominity of the computer i knoew u wouldnt say that to any black person and you should worry about what western companies do on a daily basis arround the world than these poor africans fuckin idiot

[Maliceyee]

@tetekofa Belgium could be build on other trees too. If those ppl wouldnt cut them down, we would find other ways.

That doesn't talk this right. This is ILLEGAL logging inside a RESERVED area.

They should not be logging there, and only do it on places provided.

I agree, the only way to stop this is not buying those logs. That is where the western world brings in its effort.

Those niggers don't care, and the buyers don't care. They have equal guilt. They only care about their own pockets.

[tetekofa]

@Maliceyee Belgium was built with these trees from Africa, thanks to King Leopold. Maybe you should educate yourself about King Leopold before you start running your mouth.

[swersh]

sounds like that 090 is ripping pretty good!kudos to these folks for carving out a living for themselves!very much like us westerners,how is it that we somehow think we own their forests and can tell them what to do with them?arrogance is why...keep that 090 providing material for you and yours...just as we do...

[Maliceyee]

fcking niggers cutting down the loungs of our world for their own benefit

[MegaCarah]

This is disgusting!

[wellerc]

yeah its so bad that people cut down trees to build shelter for themselves

damn them 3rd worlders! Trying to live like us.