By RUTH YAMBAYAMBAZAMBIA is losing billions of Kwacha through the illegal export of Mukula and now the Timber Association of Zambia is calling on Government to lift the ban on the export of the rare timber species.TAZ president, Charles Masange said the moratorium on the export of Mukula was serving no purpose as the rare tree species were still being illegally exported.Mr Masange said the ban on trade and export of Mukula was a façade because there was rampant export and trade of mukula on the black market.“Our Kwacha will never be strong if we are not exporting, we can’t make our Kwacha strong by selling at Soweto market. The Kwacha can only be strong if we can export and there is what we call CITES [Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora] regulations, this is an international regulation, which regulates export of natural resources and Mukula is in that […]
LIFT MUKULA BAN
