Trees, planks and sawdust
For hundreds of millions of Africans who lack access to modern sources of power, wood, a form of biomass, is the sole source of energy.
As a result, logging remains a lucrative business that has contributed to the rapid shrinking of Africa’s rainforests and woodlands.
A man cuts down a tree in an unreserved forest.
Carving marks are seen on tree trunk in an unreserved forest.
A labourer supports a log as it is moved into a truck in an unreserved forest.
The bonnet of a truck used for transporting logs is opened.
Labourers walk near trucks loaded with logs, which are trapped on a muddy road.
A worker carries a saw blade at a sawmill.
A man uses a milling machine at a sawmill.
A man rests on a sawmill.
A woman collects sawdust at a sawmill.
Children play in front of a mud house.
A thatched house, built as a shelter for workers, stands on a raft near the Okobaba sawmill.
Men stand on a raft near the Okobaba sawmill.
Rafts float under a bridge near the Okobaba sawmill.
A boy loads a canoe with firewood.
A woman carries a plank of wood on her head.
A man stands among planks of wood piled up at the Okobaba sawmill.
