Namibia gets high-tech tool to fight illegal timber trade

Source: Informanté

NAMIBIA has become the only country in Africa with advanced forensic technology to identify timber species, following the handover of specialised equipment by the United States government to help authorities combat illegal timber trafficking.

The equipment for the Wood Identification and Screening Centre was handed over at the Namibian Police Forensic Science Institute in Windhoek by U.S. ambassador John Giordano to Home Affairs Minister Lucia Iipumbu and Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo.