Environmental protection measures have been taken to control wood cutting and charcoal manufacture, which are now subject to prior authorization by the competent authority, and quarrying of all kinds is also subject to control.
The Group received information from local officials and businessmen that FDLR and other armed groups pay labourers to cut down the trees and market the wood to traders in Goma
On the environmental front, Chad has taken strong measures to protect the environment, including the prohibition of excessive cutting of green wood, to conserve our forests and savannahs and to fight desertification.
In this connection, it introduces rural women of Koroko village (Koulikoro region where women supplement their income by cutting wood) to tree planting techniques and the protection of endangered species such as the karité, the néré and the baobab.
Corrupt practices are used to gain access to forests, to cut without permission or to harvest protected species and whole wood is processed and exported illegally, often with false declarations being made at customs controls
One reddish- brown wood that is cut to have a pronounced pattern of almost- black streaks has been named zebrawood in some countries and tigerwood in others.
On # ay # in Zubin Potok (Multinational Task Force North), a Kosovo Albanian male was shot in the back by unknown suspects while cutting wood and was transported to Vucitrn hospital
On 30 May 2008, in Zubin Potok (Multinational Task Force North), a Kosovo Albanian male was shot in the back by unknown suspects while cutting wood and was transported to Vucitrn hospital.