Lumberjacks debarking logs. Villagers are permitted to log for their own needs, if they have an artisanal logging permission. However, Chinese traders who hire these lumberjacks have exported the harvested Mukula to China.
Mukula is a rare and slow-growing hardwood unique to southern and central Africa. Mukula has been illegally logged and traded from Zambia and DRC to China for the last decade, feeding the increasing demand of "rosewood" in the Chinese market.