{{Kenya has impounded illegally logged rosewood worth about $6.6m (\u00a34m), officials have said, in one of the largest seizures of its kind.}}<\/p>\n
The rosewood was being shipped from Madagascar to Hong Kong when it was seized at Kenya’s Mombasa port, the officials added.<\/p>\n
Illegal logging in Madagascar’s rainforests has worsened since a coup in 2009, conservationists say.<\/p>\n
There is huge demand for rosewood in Asia to make luxury furniture.<\/p>\n
Kenya Wildlife Service official Arthur Tuda said 34 containers of rosewood had been confiscated after it was offloaded in Mombasa, the busiest port in East Africa.<\/p>\n
{{‘Wreaking havoc’}}<\/p>\n
“The vessel carrying the wood docked, offloaded the consignment and then left,” he is quoted by Kenya’s Standard newspaper as saying.<\/p>\n
“According to the cargo manifest, the load was declared as ordinary wood from Kenya which is not banned in the international market. This was a ploy to hoodwink us but it did not work,” he added.<\/p>\n
The rosewood was grown in Madagascar, and was worth about $6.6m, Mr Tuda said.<\/p>\n
The campaign group Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) said the 34 containers held 640 tonnes of rosewood.<\/p>\n
“The ongoing crisis of illegal logging in Madagascar is wreaking havoc on the country’s extraordinary biodiversity, and its hopes for sustainable development,” it said.<\/p>\n
Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in Africa, is known for its rich biodiversity but this is being increasingly threatened by smugglers.<\/p>\n
A civilian government was elected in December to end the political and economic crisis that the Indian Ocean island since a coup in 2009.<\/p>\n
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