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Illegal logging on the rise in Tete
1:41 CAT | 29 Aug 2016
Illegal logging is on the rise in Tete Province and perpetrators are adopting increasingly sophisticated techniques to outsmart the authorities.
This is according to Castigo Gimo, the head of the provincial Association of Forest Operators, who emphasised the need to strengthen surveillance in targeted areas, as well as along public roads.
According to Gimo, the number of inspectors is insufficient as are government efforts to curb illegal logging activities as large areas continue to be targeted.
The Provincial Directorate of the Ministry Land, Environment and Rural Development, Damião Caliano, acknowledged that the province lacks inspectors.
However, Caliano said that, despite the difficulties, his team of 55 inspectors successfully managed to seize 10 illegal timber shipments and arrest seven people in the first six months of the year.
Source: Rhula / Folha de Maputo
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