Illegal logging is perceived to pose significant obstacles to the achievement of sustainable management of forests in the tropics. Equally importantly, it gives rise to or supports other undesirable outcomes - networks of corruption, generating significant volumes of "black" money and fuelling speculation, crime, or trafficking. However, illegal logging of tropical timber is not homogeneous and its characteristics depend, among others, on the supplying markets, at the national or the international scales. Available approaches to reduce illegal logging, at different levels of governance, in the producing and consuming countries are reviewed and their potential contribution is assessed.

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- PRO-FORMAL: Policy and regulatory options to recognise and better integrate the domestic timber sector in tropical countries
- Project International Cooperation for Helping countires Facing an Illgal Logging Crisis
Source
International Journal of the Commons 6(2): 255-270
Publication year
2012
ISSN
1875-0281
Authors
Geographic
Nicaragua
Topic
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Geographic
Nicaragua
Project Leader
D. Andrew Wardell
Principal Scientist