Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis
Illegal logging is a global concern, associated with severe negative environmental, social and economic impacts, such as deforestation and degradation of biodiversity. Despite recent international efforts to combat illegal logging activities, the problem remains widespread. While the academic literature on the subject is extensive, little systematic research has been devoted to analyzing the causes of illegal logging. Here, this knowledge gap is addressed with a cross-national assessment of factors hypothesized to impact illegal logging. The logistic regression analysis conducted in this study corroborates some widely held beliefs, but also provides some new insights on the factors that are important for whether illegal logging is likely to be a problem. The findings also have implications for existing policies to tackle illegal logging activities. Keywords: Deforestation and forest degradation, Economic Development, Illegal trade, Policies ID: 3622064
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| Format: | Document biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2022
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CC2651EN http://www.fao.org/3/cc2651en/cc2651en.pdf |
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