1. Most African timber exports go to China.

2. Investments have mixed impacts on local communities and environment.

3. Investment is mainly coming from harder-to-regulate small and medium enterprises.

4. Investments are moving upstream in the timber supply chain

5. African logging bans are ineffective thus far

qz.com – China’s investments in Africa have exploded in recent years, with outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) stock growing from $1 billion in 2004 to more than $ 30 billion in 2014. Investment in forests—particularly the timber sector—is no different. China’s overseas forest project investments grew from eight in 2007 to 84 in July of 2015. Today, Chinese forest investment can be found in 25 African countries.

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