INVESTIGATION: The illegal timber trade fuelling terrorism in North-central Nigeria, Benin

A trailer loading planks at a sawmill in Kaiama / Yakubu Mohammed

Logging and other biodiversity-threatening activities are prohibited under the National Park Service Act and relevant state forestry laws, except where expressly permitted by park authorities. But for about five years, logging has thrived in the Kainji forest reserve.

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