LIBREVILLE, GABON, 5th October 2012: Eco-guards check a Chinese ship loaded with uncut timber. It is illegal to export timber from Gabon without processing it in-country.

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LIBREVILLE, GABON, 5th October 2012: A team of eco-guards from the National Parks Agency partols the river estuary. The eco-guards check a Chinese ship loaded with uncut timber. It is illegal to export timber from Gabon without processing it in-country. After some investigation it was discovered that all the timber was a trans-shipment from Congo Brazzaville and so the export was legal.

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Location: Gabon
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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