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Games of corruption: How to suppress illegal logging [PDF]

Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2015
Corruption is one of the most serious obstacles for ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. In particular, more than half of the loss of forested area in many tropical countries is due to illegal logging, with corruption implicated in a lack of enforcement. Here we study an evolutionary game model to analyze the illegal harvesting of forest
Lee, J.-H., Sigmund, K., Dieckmann, U., Iwasa, Y.   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Sailing From Penalties to Accountability: Business Strategies and Governance for Firms to Innovate After Environmental Misconduct

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh, Salwa Saleh Almasabi, Ajay Kumar Patel, Priyanka Malik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tindak Pidana Illegal Logging Menurut Undang-Undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2009 Tentang Perlindungan Dan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup [PDF]

, 2012
Illegal logging refers to a series of such forestry-related acts as timber logging, transporting, and processing including both local and export-import trades, which are illegal or not in accordance with the existing laws, or the one which is ...
Eleanora, F. N. (Fransiska)
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Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Forest Cover Loss in the Core Zones of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019
The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) in central Mexico was established in 2000 to protect monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) overwintering colonies and contribute to the conservation of the monarch migratory phenomenon.
José Juan Flores-Martínez, Anuar Martínez-Pacheco, Eduardo Rendón-Salinas, Jorge Rickards, Sahotra Sarkar, Sahotra Sarkar, Víctor Sánchez-Cordero   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards the use of satellite-based tropical forest disturbance alerts to assess selective logging intensities

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
Illegal logging is an important driver of tropical forest loss. A wide range of organizations and interested parties wish to track selective logging activities and verify logging intensities as reported by timber companies. Recently, free availability of
Anne-Juul Welsink, Johannes Reiche, Veronique de Sy, Sarah Carter, Bart Slagter, Daniela Requena Suarez, Ben Batros, Marielos Peña-Claros, Martin Herold   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Field-Deployable Computer Vision Wood Identification of Peruvian Timbers

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Illegal logging is a major threat to forests in Peru, in the Amazon more broadly, and in the tropics globally. In Peru alone, more than two thirds of logging concessions showed unauthorized tree harvesting in natural protected areas and indigenous ...
Prabu Ravindran, Prabu Ravindran, Frank C. Owens, Adam C. Wade, Patricia Vega, Rolando Montenegro, Rubin Shmulsky, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo, Olayinka Adedayo Erin, Mohammed Kayode Ajape, Becky Forbin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategi Optimalisasi Peranan Polisi Kehutanan dalam Menanggulangi Illegal Logging di Kawasan Taman Nasional Gunung Palung [PDF]

, 2013
TNGP forest ranger has made efforts in combating illegal logging, yet there still found any illegal logging that activity. This study aims to identify environmental conditions inside (internal) and outside (external) on the countermeasure illegal ...
Nurdjali, B. (Bachrun), Rochdat, C. (Cucu), W, G. O. (Ganjar)   +2 more
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Zero Deforestation Commitments and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies: An Analysis of Their Role in Mitigating Deforestation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta, Eugenia Parodi, Celine Buschmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source