Madagascan government takes rainforest protection steps

The government in Madagascar has reinstated a law which sees the logging and exporting of rosewood trees banned, it has been reported.

According to a Madagascar Tribune article cited on Monga Bay, the ban was put back in place on Wednesday (March 24th) and sees the exportation of rosewood and other types of tree banned for between two and five years.

The move comes after the country came under pressure over the level of illegal logging activity blighting its national parks, the source said.

However, Monga Bay noted that despite the ban, there is still some 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of rosewood timber waiting to be exported and it is not known what will happen to the wood.

At the start of March, Monga Bay reported that illegally forested wood worth millions of dollars was set to be shipped out of a port in north Madagascar, to countries including China and the US.

Written by Sandra Mann.

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