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Forest Policy and Economics, 2021
Abstract This paper presents ideas and strategies to prevent illegal logging of timber. Globally, illegal logging is a substantial problem. While the exact amount of timber harvested illegally is unknown, the problem is estimated to cost USD$30–100 billion annually.
Thompson, Sarah T., McGrath, William B.
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Abstract This paper presents ideas and strategies to prevent illegal logging of timber. Globally, illegal logging is a substantial problem. While the exact amount of timber harvested illegally is unknown, the problem is estimated to cost USD$30–100 billion annually.
Thompson, Sarah T., McGrath, William B.
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Illegal Logging Activities in Turkey
Environmental Management, 2005Global forest ecosystems are under the threat of illegal logging. In this article, illegal logging activities and the principal causes of such violations are discussed in view of the available data and case studies from the Turkish forestry sector. A brief discussion of the importance of illegal logging within a global context, along with a description
Yusuf, Gunes, Osman Devrim, Elvan
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Illegal Logging in the Tropics
Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 2004Abstract Illegal logging is a policy problem that has arisen from the failure of protected area and sustainable forestry remedies for deforestation. Nevertheless, illegal logging in some parts of the world is a centuries-old problem rooted in social conflicts over access to forest resources.
Ramsay M. Ravenel, Ilmi M. E. Granoff
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Assessing illegal logging in Ghana
International Forestry Review, 2008SUMMARY Although high on the international forest agenda, illegal logging is often ambiguously defined and there is considerable uncertainty about its quantitative and qualitative characteristics. This obscures assessments of its social, economic and environmental impacts and precludes informed policy conclusions.
Hansen, Christian Pilegaard +1 more
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Illegal Logging Listeners Using IoT Networks
2020 IEEE REGION 10 CONFERENCE (TENCON), 2020Protecting and increasing worldwide green space have been an international effort. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to plant urban trees and to get involved in many reforestation and restoration projects. Offsetting these much needed plans to save the forests is illegal logging.
Ananta Srisuphab +5 more
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Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging
2012This chapter describes how a large proportion of tropical timber is logged illegally and it discusses different options that are available for tackling this major environmental problem that has been enhanced by globalization. Existing instruments are the OECD Convention on Bribery, legislation against money laundering, self-regulation of the financial ...
Saskia Ozinga, Hannah Mowat
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Illegal Logging: the International Political Context
Лесохозяйственная информация, 2018Акцент международного внимания к лесным проблемам сместился от контроля за соблюдением устойчивости управления лесами к режиму законности. В статье представлен краткий обзор по организации и совершенствованию системы противодействия незаконным рубкам и правового регулирования в этой сфере, а также о тенденциях в мировой торговле древесиной и изделиями ...
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Corruption and illegal logging in Ghana
International Development Planning Review, 2013Illegal logging is widespread in Ghana, a West African country with a history of rapid forest loss. While state forest management agencies have often attributed their inability to control illegal logging to lack of resources, this paper shows how corrupt practices also contribute to the problem.
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Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging
In the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences that present new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive, revised Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the ...Saskia Ozinga, Hannah Mowat
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