Illegal logging: law enforcement, livelihoods and the timber trade

Threre is limited knowledge available as to the major causes of illegal logging and its impacts on biodiversity, people and livelihoods and national economies, and thus plenty of speculation and action without evidence. It is clear that while illegal logging does have negative impacts, it also, controversially, and perhaps paradoxically, benefits many stakeholders, including local communities. This book examines the key issues including law and enforcement, supply and demand, corruption, forest certification, poverty, local livelihoods, international trade and biodiversity conservation. It includes key case studies from forest-rich hotspots in North, South and Central America, equatorial Africa and Indonesia. While there are clearly no easy answers, this book sorts fact from fiction and explores the many dimensions of the causes, impacts and implications for forests, people, livelihoods and forest policy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tacconi, L.
Format:	Book biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Earthscan 2007
Subjects:	logging, illicit felling, forest law, forestry policies, forests, forest products, corruption, decentralization, property rights, causes, impact, livelihoods, international trade, certification,
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19621 https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2213
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