Central African States Fail to Honor Timber Export Ban: CentralAfrica
The six member countries of the Central African bloc agreed to ban raw timber exports starting in January 2022. The ban is aimed partially at combating climate change by protecting forests from excessive logging.
Cameroon's finance minister, Luis Paul Motaze, said Cameroon needs the tax money from the exports, which earned the country $127 million last year. The deadline for implementing the ban was initially pushed back to January 2023 to give the CEMAC countries more time to comply. Motaze suggested the bloc push back the deadline again to 2025 so countries have more time to invest in wood processing equipment and in training workers.
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