Mozambique faces race against time to end illegal logging

The southern African country is losing millions in lost taxes from illegal logging, much of it destined for China“We are cleaning the house now”, says Celso Correia. The young, smartly-dressed, minister for land, environment and rural development in Mozambique is talking about the corruption and illegal logging that has dogged the southern African country’s timber sector for more than a decade.
As recently as 2013, a remarkable 93% of all the logging taking place in the country