UNVERIFIED Charcoal Smuggling
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MT Foxtrot
Anti-qabil
It's not fake news. There were two separate UN reports on charcoal exportation in Jubaland under the auspices of the KDF. Read chapter IV of the 2016 and 2017 report.
Here are the relevant sections:
Denying this is delusional in light of these facts. The Jubaland administration is myopically ignoring the deleterious effects this practise has on the environment for short-term financial gain.
Woke1.4rm.Shibis
VIP
Is a shame that the kikuyu lackie has cut down the jungles that jubbland was famous for in order to receive pennies from the Emirates and Iranians.
Is unfortunate that the ppl of jubbaland have to suffer from this man made droughts that have been wreaking havoc in jubbland the past 5 years
Is unfortunate that the ppl of jubbaland have to suffer from this man made droughts that have been wreaking havoc in jubbland the past 5 years
MT Foxtrot
Anti-qabil
@Removed conceded that charcoal was being exported last time we discussed this topic. Invoking him now won't make these damning reports disappear.
Spin this however you want, it doesn't change the illegality of the situation. There has been an international moratorium on the charcoal exports since 2012. Jubaland circumventing this ban is illegal under international law. It is contributing to massive ecological damage in southern Somalia and providing al-Shabaab with additional avenues of funding.
Spin this however you want, it doesn't change the illegality of the situation. There has been an international moratorium on the charcoal exports since 2012. Jubaland circumventing this ban is illegal under international law. It is contributing to massive ecological damage in southern Somalia and providing al-Shabaab with additional avenues of funding.
I refused to look at it when I saw 2016.
I dont think they realize how impossible it is for JL to facilitate an operation to cut one million trees with no machinery. Furthermore they ignore the fact that most of this cutting goes on in AS territory and lastly that 800,000 bags is not remotely equal to 1 million trees
Denying what? The original claim was that 800,000 bags or “1 million” trees was being cut and shipped from Kismayo on Diamond Sky. That has been completely debunked.
The claim you wish to propose is charcoal came through Jubbaland in 2016, completely different. More interestingly you write “under the auspices of Kenya” but your report only blames Kenya as far as “Kenyan forces are not preventing exports”. Do you support increased authority for Kenyan forces to enforce trade laws within Somalia?
MT Foxtrot
Anti-qabil
@Removed @SPMLegend I just read the latest report and it seems that I was wrong. Jubaland is not currently exporting charcoal. In fact, the last significant shipment of charcoal was in August 2018:
The report does mention significant stockpiles of charcoal being maintained in Lower Juba:
They place the numbers between 600,000 to 900,000 bags:
From the 2018 report, approximately 4 million bags were exported each year. This dropped to 3 million bags in 2018 before the ban was effectively enforced. We know that charcoal shipments started in 2013. That means roughly ~23 million bags of charcoal were shipped from Lower Juba between 2013 and 2018.
Even if the Jubaland administration was only responsible for 10% of that number, their involvement is indefensible.
The report does mention significant stockpiles of charcoal being maintained in Lower Juba:
They place the numbers between 600,000 to 900,000 bags:
From the 2018 report, approximately 4 million bags were exported each year. This dropped to 3 million bags in 2018 before the ban was effectively enforced. We know that charcoal shipments started in 2013. That means roughly ~23 million bags of charcoal were shipped from Lower Juba between 2013 and 2018.
Even if the Jubaland administration was only responsible for 10% of that number, their involvement is indefensible.
