China Needs to Step Up Efforts to Curb Illegal Logging in Africa

Greenpeace posted on 24 June 2016 a commentary titled "Loud Alarm Bells for Growth in Environmental Crime, Who Is Listening?" by Hilde Stroot. While the European Union, Australia, and the United States have introduced legislation to tackle the issue of illegal timber exports, which heavily impacts tropical Africa, China has so far only introduced voluntary measures.