CMA CGM has reinforced its procedures for shipping protected species and suspended all timber exports from Gambia following suspicions of illicit rosewood trafficking.
The highly sought-after rosewood is a protected species that is felled illegally in the region and then exported under various different guises, with this illicit trade heavily impacted in the deforestation of West Africa.
Trade of rosewood is regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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