Activists, Experts Concerned About China’s Deforestation Activities in Africa

A logger saws through a timber log in the tropical rain forest of Cameroon in Ndimako, East Region, on 18 April 2017. Much of the wood from this part of the country ends up in China. Amindeh Blaise Atabong for The Epoch Times

YAOUNDE, Cameroon–Experts and activists are sounding alarms over the increasing deforestation pressure in Africa because of Chinese-funded projects on the continent.

China has significantly increased its footprint in Africa in recent years. According to data by China Africa Research Initiative, commercial exchange between Africa and China has multiplied by at least eight times since the 2000s.