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Transforming a Poaching Hotspot: Embedded NGO Governance Between State and Community in Southern China

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how a local environmental NGO in southern China transformed Guantouling Hill, once a prominent poaching hotspot along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway, into a recognised model of community‐based biodiversity conservation.
Zheng Lin, Miao Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Illegal Logging and Wood Consumption: Estimation and Projection of Illegal Wood Harvesting in Pakistan through System Dynamics [PDF]

open access: yesPakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 2017
The scale and impacts of the illegal logging economy are an important and interesting area of research, which suffers from data deficiency that makes the analysis a challenging task, especially in developing countries.
Naila Nazir (Corresponding author)
doaj  

Analisa Yuridis Penyidikan Tindak Pidana Illegal Logging oleh Polres Tapanuli Tengah

open access: yesJurnal Mercatoria, 2018
Pembalakan Liar (Illegal Logging) secara besar-besaran dengan menggunakan peralatan modern biasanya sebagai pemicu kerusakan hutan dan menimbulkan bencana alam terutama longsor dan banjir, tetapi penebangan pohon kayu  di  dalam kawasan hutan lindung ...
Azuar Anas, Marlina Marlina
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative evaluation of a community‐based approach to protected area law enforcement

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract People living in and around terrestrial and marine protected areas can contribute to protected area law enforcement in different ways. While the involvement of local residents is considered important for bringing benefits to both conservation and people, evaluations of community‐based approaches to protected area law enforcement are limited ...
William Sharkey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Illegal Logging on Birds as Sentinels of Biodiversity in White-Sand Forests of the Peruvian Amazon

open access: yesLand
Illegal logging is a major driver of tropical deforestation, accounting for the majority of timber harvested in many tropical countries and degrading many protected areas, due to both weak law enforcement capacity and corruption.
Nico Arcilla   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Widespread Bomb Fishing in Indo‐Pacific Archipelago Revealed Through Machine Learning Accelerated Passive Acoustic Monitoring

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
AI‐accelerated passive acoustic monitoring reveals extensive bomb fishing within the Spermonde Archipelago, with annual incidents numbering in the thousands. ABSTRACT Bomb fishing is recognised as the most destructive fishing practice that can be performed in our oceans.
Ben Williams   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Illegal logging : a Russia Federation case study

open access: yes, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of illegal logging and how it is defined. The focus is on Russia and the driving forces behind illegal logging in the region.
Chandra, Timothy
core   +1 more source

Illegal Logging: Background and Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This report discusses the problem of illegal logging worldwide. It gives an overview of the scope and scale, ecological impacts, and socioeconomic impacts of illegal logging as well as international initiatives and institutions, U.S.
Sheikh, Pervaze A.
core  

Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening of Legal Culture in Law Enforcement Against Illegal Logging Crime Towards Environmental Conservation Governance

open access: yesJurnal Litigasi
Illegal logging crimes in preserving environmental sustainability. This study aims to identify and examine who is liable as a perpetrator of illegal logging in Kuningan Regency.
Suwari Akhmaddhian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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