BALIGROD, Poland (Reuters) - In a Polish mountain forest, Zygmunt Furdygiel spends four hours loading logs of beech wood into a large furnace, then lights up the pile and leaves the wood to burn.

GULU, Uganda — The charcoal makers in the forests of northern Uganda fled into the bush, temporarily abandoning their precious handiwork: multiple heaps of timber yet to be processed. The workers were ...

Despite the furore over the Mau complex, its destruction continues unabated. It is not just new settlements that are coming up, loggers and charcoal burners are going about their business with little ...

Over 30 loggers and charcoal burners have been arrested in Naivasha following a major crackdown targeting the illegal traders in the wake on logging ban. Also recovered during the operation that was ...