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Aug 28, 2019 · Illegal, selective logging is not the principal cause of deforestation—that is, clear-cutting—or of the devastating fires that have alarmed the entire world. But selective logging does permit ...
Apr 19, 2023 · Illegal logging has negative environmental effects that weaken human security. Deforestation in the world’s second largest carbon sink, the Congo Basin, is an urgent example.
Apr 10, 2012 · Published Apr 10, 2012. Downloads. Illegal logging and the associated trade of illegally sourced wood products is a clandestine industry that threatens forests and economies alike. It involves cutting trees without permits or removing trees from protected areas, and other activities such as avoiding taxes and laundering illegal logs.
Illegal logging also leads to increased contact between humans and wildlife that can result in pathogen spillovers and pandemics. The illegal logging industry is estimated to be worth between $51 and $152 billion annually ( Source ), highlighting the scale of this global challenge.
Deforestation due to illegal logging and destructive forest conversion is directly connected to corruption and crime, cronyism, curbs on transparency and accountability, selective law enforcement, elitist land tenure and compromised judiciaries, and often involves state officials and security apparatus. A forest village.
Jul 24, 2012 · Wood products can be sourced illegally in many ways. Trees can be cut illegally by logging without a valid permit, logging within protected areas, removing more trees than allowed by a logging permit, logging beyond the boundaries of a permit, or logging protected species. 6 In many cases, illegal logging is organized by criminal enterprises and involves bribing local officials, ignoring laws ...
Apr 21, 2022 · Lyon, France: An INTERPOL-coordinated operation codenamed Arcadia LAC has recovered more than 80 truckloads (more than 1,200 cubic meters) of illegal timber from forests across Latin America and the Caribbean. The value of the seized timber is estimated at more than USD 700,000. Concluding last week (15 April), the operation mobilized law ...
