A logger wields a chainsaw to cut trees inside the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Conservationists say the outer region of Omo Forest Reserve, where logging is allowed, is already heavily deforested. As trees become scarce, loggers are heading deep into the 550-square-kilometer conservation area, which is also under threat from uncontrolled cocoa farming and poaching. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
August 30, 2023
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Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants. Rangers blame lax enforcement
Besides problems with replanting, authorities don't enforce tree removal standards, even when loggers get permits