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Unrooted: New research shows that Africa is losing trees at an unprecedented rate. Areas of particular concern are the DRC, Madagascar, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Africa’s kleptocrats enable illegal forestry

The destruction of indigenous forests, which act as carbon sinks, is also driven by foreign demand

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