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Passive government, organized crime, and massive deforestation: The case of western Mexico
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 The mountains of western Mexico contain one of the highest numbers of conifers and hardwood species for the country. The extraction of those species represents about 82% of the national timber production.
Carlos Ignacio García‐Jiménez +1 more
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The extent and causes of illegal logging: an analysis of a major cause of tropical deforestation in Indonesia [PDF]
, 2001 This paper considers the scale and underlying causes of recent high rates of deforestation in Indonesia. Its extent during 1997-98 is analysed using a materials balance model, the results of which demonstrate the seriousness of the problem at a time when
Palmer, C.
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, 2023 Illegal logging is a top profitable transnational crime. To protect businesses and markets the USprevents shipments of illegal timber from entering the US.
U.S Customs and Border Protection
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez +3 more
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Logging and bookkeeping, User's guide [PDF]
, 2013 Logging and Bookkeeping (LB for short) is a Grid service that keeps a short-term trace of Grid jobs as they are processed by individual Grid ...
Sustr, Zdenek
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is an endangered subspecies characterized by highly fragmented populations and increasing human–carnivore conflict across the Iberian Peninsula. Although body mass strongly influences predator–prey dynamics and ecological performance, quantitative assessments of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and body mass
Leonardo Cotts +4 more
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Which factors are associated with illegal logging? [PDF]
, 2021 First cross-national quantitative study. •Above all, the level of economic development and the institutional set-up of a country have an influence on illegal logging.
Bösch, Matthias
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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 +2 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2016 Appropriate cutting cycles and annual allowable cuts are crucial to ensure sustainability of tropical selective logging, but there have been limited field data to verify long-term effects of different cutting cycles.
Tual Cin Khai +4 more
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The Security Implications of the Illegal Wildlife Trade [PDF]
, 2013 National security is a continuing topic of concern and part of that is the growing understanding of the connection to global crime. Often though only traditional national security issues, which are conceptualized around state sovereignty and military ...
Wyatt, Tanya
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