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Kenyan President Ruto lifts six-years logging ban


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Despites concerns from environmental organisations, Kenyan president William Ruto announced on Sunday he will lift a logging ban which has been in place since 2018. Speaking at a church service in Molo, a town around 200km north-west of…

Edo sensitises residents against illegal logging, bush burning


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The Edo State Government on Thursday, November 25, 2021 took to some major streets in the Benin City and communities hosting the state’s forest reserves to sensitise the residents against illegal logging and bush burning. Acting Team…

Cameroon: Large-scale logging forces indigenous Baka out of the forests


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Expelled from the forest at the arrival of the logging company Pallisco, the Baka of Bidjoumam are currently vulnerable to exploitation, dust, ill health and loss of land. Mindourou/East Cameroon, there are about 300 indigenous…