Illegal Logging Articles & Analysis: Older
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The benefits to society overall is a reduction in - deforestation, illegal logging, costs of forest management, forest fires, and costs of forest mapping. ...
Globally, 50-90 percent of the timber harvested in tropical countries can be attributed to illegal logging. In Ghana, where the study took place, illegal logging accounts for an estimated 80 percent of timber extraction. ...
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In the context of forests, a lack of transparency and accountability is often associated with problems such as illegal logging and corruption. Similarly, a lack of open and inclusive decision-making often contributes to the marginalization and impoverishment of forest-dependent communities and indigenous peoples. ...
” The EIA report follows a widely publicized April 2013 report from the World Wildlife Fund, Illegal Logging in the Russian Far East: Global Demand and Taiga Destruction, which analyzed Russian customs data to show that in 2010, at least half of the oak exported from Russia to China was stolen from Russia’s forests. ...
Despite these positive steps, illegal logging and associated trade in the Amazon continues. Beyond the negative social and environmental impacts, illegal logging poses a serious problem for businesses producing legal wood products. ...
The industry has long struggled to address the problem of illegal logging, which damages diverse and valuable forests and creates economic losses of up to $10 billion a year. In some wood-producing countries, illegal logging accounts for 50-90 percent of total production. But recent developments indicate that we may be turning a ...
For example, some communities in Latin America are actively monitoring their forests and halting illegal logging. Halt the Illegal Timber Trade The forest industry can and should be part of the deforestation solution. ...
The study describes two approaches used to minimize the risk of sourcing illegal wood. The first approach was to establish strong relationships with the suppliers and the second was to prefer certified wood. ...
If reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is to work effectively, developing countries will need support to build the capacities required for enforcing their own laws and regulations. At present, timber production that violates the developing country’s own laws both acts as a barrier to REDD and costs these countries billions of dollars per year. This paper examines ...
In early December 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 'ordered the military and police to crack down on illegal logging, after flash floods and landslides, triggered by rampant deforestation, killed nearly 340 people,' according to news reports. ...
Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade, edited by Luca Tacconi. ...