FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a logging road going through the rainforest in Nyanga province, Gabon, October 14, 2021. Picture taken October 14, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre/File Photo
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's junta has relaxed rules covering the rare kevazingo tree, allowing logging under certain conditions of a hardwood species that can take 500 years to grow to its full height of 40 metres (130 feet).
There is high demand in Asia for kevazingo wood, which is used to make chic tables and speciality guitars, among other things.
