{"id":19891,"date":"2022-05-19T16:52:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/government-seizes-timber-in-kavango-west"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:58:16","slug":"government-seizes-timber-in-kavango-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/government-seizes-timber-in-kavango-west","title":{"rendered":"Government seizes timber in Kavango West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Forestry officials in Kavango West have seized about 4 000 planks from illegal timber harvesters at some recently allocated farms with no government leaseholds in the Katji-na-Katji area.<\/p>\n<p>A forestry patrol team discovered the illegal operation deep in the forest where planks and a timber cutting machine was confiscated.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspects were apprehended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry is requesting the public to provide information about suspected illegal timber activities,\u2019\u2019 said the ministry\u2019s chief forester for the two Kavango regions, John Niipale, who confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who intend to venture in these illegal operations are warned that the ministry will use the existing legal instruments and legislation to dealing with those contravening laws (Forest Act No 12 of 2001, Environmental Management Act No 7 of 2007 and Criminal Procedures Act respectively,\u2019\u2019 Niipale noted. \u201cOur staff members are still counting the timber planks to know the exact number,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The public are reminded that there is still an active moratorium on timber activities which also prohibits any harvesting of timber anywhere in Namibia. Forests in the two Kavango regions suffer from continuous illegal tree harvesting, and perpetrators are always just fined and their timber confiscated, but they continue again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Forestry officials in Kavango West have seized about 4 000 planks from illegal timber harvesters at some recently allocated farms with no government leaseholds in the Katji-na-Katji area. A forestry patrol team discovered the illegal operation deep in the forest where planks and a timber cutting machine was confiscated. 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