harry hoffman is a scientist for years he's been concerned about the charcoal production in africa. is this it's the only way they can make a living during the dry season towards the end of the dry season before they return to their fields if it's nothing left to pay for school so they go to the forest and cut down trees to make charcoal they can sell on the street corner even if it is illegal. when they do they risk their fields drying up. back to germany. is the wood specialist at the world wildlife fund today he's brought bags of charcoal to the tune institute in hamburg he too wants trade restrictions for charcoal and he's backing up his arguments with facts if it were up to him importing illegal timber into the e.u. would be banned as would the charcoal produced from it. and his colleagues want to see just how much wood from tropical forests these bags contain. there's a lot of pressure from consumers not just for these products coal in particular is almost a cultural asset for germans finding a legal wood in their charcoal would leave a bad taste in their mouths that's mistres

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