The Environmental Crime Crisis

Wood charcoal production in Africa

MOROCCO

Tunisia

LIBYA

ALGERIA

EGYPT

Western Sahara

MAURITANIA

MALI

SUDAN

CHAD

SENEGAL

NIGER

ERITREA

GAMBIA

BURKINA FASO

DJIBOUTI

GUINEA- BISSAU

BENIN

GUINEA

Somaliland

TOGO

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

NIGERIA

ETHIOPIA

SIERRA LEONE

SOUTH SUDAN

GHANA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

LIBERIA

CAMEROON

SOMALIA

EQ. GUINEA

UGANDA

KENYA

Charcoal officially produced by country

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

GABON

CONGO

RWANDA

Tonnes, 2012

4 000 000

TANZANIA

BURUNDI

MALAWI

1 000 000 500 000 100 000 4 000

ANGOLA

ZAMBIA

MOZAMBIQUE

30 Million tonnes Total charcoal production trend in Africa

ZIMBABWE

BOTSWANA

NAMIBIA

MADAGASCAR

25

SWAZILAND

20

LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

15

10

5

0

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2012

Source: FAOSTAT, accessed May 2014

Figure 17: Wood charcoal production in Africa.

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