r/worldnews - Six million rosewood trees have been cut down in Ghana for illegal export to China since 2012. The rare species, which takes 100 years to grow, is mostly used to make imperial-style furniture in China. Corrupt officials in Ghana forge documents to allow the wood to leave the country.

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