Gambia banned timber exports and cancelled export licenses to prevent illegal logging

Posted on July 11, 2022   |  

• Port authorities are required to forbid loading timber logs onto any vessel as the ban is effective instantly and the felling and import of rosewood are also banned.
• From June 2012 to April 20202, Gambia exported 1.6 million rosewood trees, most of which violated the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).