ANTALAHA, Madagascar — The piles of rosewood logs outside Chantal Rasoanirina’s office filled more than half the courtyard to head height.

Exploiting a political crisis, Malagasy timber barons are robbing this island nation of its sylvan heritage, illegally cutting down scarce species of rosewood trees in poorly protected national ...

The investigation found that Madagascar rosewood is being turned into expensive furniture, including beds that retail for $650,000-$1,000,000.

Rosewood grows slowly, taking more than 100 years to reach maturity. Logging this rare species is unsustainable. The exploitation of rosewood was banned in 2000 in Madagascar.

Brazilian rosewood gained CITES protection in 1992, which is believed to have put more pressure on the forests in Madagascar. The slow-growing rosewood trees are found in relative isolation from ...

Madagascar is home to 47 species of rosewood that are found nowhere else in the world. "The urgency of illegal rosewood logging demands national and international action to conserve both rural ...

Madagascar's Pierced Heart. The island’s geographic isolation created a wonderland of biological richness. Now population pressures and political turmoil speed the plunder of its rosewood ...

MAROANSETRA, Madagascar — Exploiting a political crisis, Malagasy timber barons are robbing this island nation of its sylvan heritage, illegally cutting down scarce species of rosewood trees in ...

Chinese demand for rosewood—trafficked more than ivory, rhino horn, and pangolin scales—is fueling a crisis in Guatemala's forests. Durable, fragrant rosewood, used to make furniture and ...

Video caption, Wildlife guide Armand Marozafy shows how precious rosewood trees are illegally logged in Madagascar. Rosewood traders turn up in villages on the Masoala peninsula with cash and rice ...