Government has impounded 59 logs of rose wood which were illegally cut by unknown people in Manyinga district in North-Western Province.
A combined team of Forest Officers and Police found the logs in Luansongwa Forest Reserve, along the Mwinilunga-Manyinga road, about 60 kilometers from Manyinga Central Business District (CBD).
Mayinga District Commissioner (DC), Queen Manela confirmed this development in an interview with ZANIS today.
Ms Manela said concerned community members alerted officers from the department of forestry and Zambia Police Service who swung into action by rushing to the scene.
She said government is concerned with the increase in illegal timber cutting which if not stopped, will deplete all the tree species in the district.
And District Forestry Officer, Natasha Chikalaba said her department has been sensitizing local people on the importance of trees and environmental protection despite the increase in illegal timber activities.
Meanwhile, a local licensed timber dealer, Henry Sakuwaha who is also Chief Executive Officer for Hensa Wood Processing and Mining Contractors Limited has supported the move by government in stopping illegal timber dealing in the district.
Mr. Sakuwaha also implored local business entities to focus on supplementing government’s efforts through tree replanting activities and other corporate social responsibilities aimed at changing the face of Manyinga than engaging in illegal business deals.
Recently, Senior Chief Sikufele of the Mbunda speaking people in Manyinga and Kabompo districts bemoaned the increase in illegal timber dealers in the district and appealed to government to intervene.
Any zambian working with chinese, in cutting trees should be jailed for a minimum of 10 year,the community should report these locals who go in the bush to cut trees, global warming is real,
Citizens, only government ministers and PF cadres are allowed to export Mukula, or any type of valuable logs.
Ask anyone at border towns and they will tell you that truck loads of Mukula are leaving the country everyday.
When we ask this government to explain, they tell us that exports of Mukula is less than 1 million US Dollars.
But yet the Chinese ambassador has told us Mukula exports to China from zed was close to 90 million US Dollars.
I think we all know where the difference has gone.
This again? Where, exactly is Zambia heading?
Jail the Animo Farms. Please.
I am still waiting for a comprehensive Mukula tree report involving several trucks that were impounded.
Rosewood is Mukula tree why cant they call it Mukula tree in this article
You might as well wave goodbye to the impounded logs they are now being cleared by Chinese customs!!
they are pf cadres who else can do that
The Chinese have found a paradise in Zambia s forests. They will transfer Zambian forests to China