Wüstenschiff

Deng Arou Deng, a local businessman says that charcoal business is booming in the town as they buy the charcoal from the businessmen at the forest where he buys as many as 100 bags for sell to the local hotels. “I used to buy 100 bags of charcoal from the charcoal makers and sell them to big hotels at rate of 65 South Sudanese Pounds (SSP) per a sack of charcoal. Sometime I do give them without money and came for the money after one week according to the agreement we made with hotel manager,” he said. He says that he makes 100 SSPs per trip and makes two trips every week. Charcoal production is one of the primary causes of deforestation in the country and if unregulated could lead to massive forest destruction in Jonglei State.