Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview
This paper looks at the evidence on the magnitude and impacts of forest illegal acts, examines the vulnerabilities of the forest sector, and proposes a strategy for combating forest crime. Forest crime prominently includes illegal logging but acts...
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FOREST SERVICES WOOD FOREST EXPLOITATION SOCIAL COSTS FOREST INSTITUTIONS FOREST ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT LAND REFORM ECONOMIC GROWTH FOREST CONCESSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FOREST CRIMES FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST GUARDS PRODUCERS FOREST COMPANIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES TIMBER WOOD PRODUCTS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES CONCESSION POLICIES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT FOREST AREAS INCENTIVES FOREST SYSTEMS TIMBER COMPANIES EMPIRICAL STUDIES COMMON GOOD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TREES WOODLAND CONDITIONALITY FORESTRY COMPANIES FOREST LAW AUDITS RESOURCE USE CONCESSION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOREST REVENUE WILDLIFE LAND TITLING FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST SECTOR EXPLOITATION OIL PUBLIC FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS FOREST POLICY MANAGED FORESTS NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY LAW OPTIONS FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS FOREST AUTHORITIES WOODLANDS BIODIVERSITY TIMBER INDUSTRY DEBT FOREST OPERATIONS PUBLIC FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY POLLUTION FORESTRY PUBLIC HEARINGS TIMBER TRADE FOREST RICH COUNTRIES DIVIDENDS FOREST RESOURCES POLICY DECISIONS LANDOWNER TIMBER HARVESTING NATURAL RESOURCES METALS CONSERVATION OF FORESTS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN EFFICIENCY CERTAIN EXTENT TAXES LAND USE RESOURCES EQUITY SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM ECONOMIC IMPACT FORESTRY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIMARY FORESTS VALUES INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION MARKET PRICES FOREST POLICIES TIMBER MARKETS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FORESTS NATIONAL INCOME FOREST CONCESSIONS ENDANGERED SPECIES FOREST SERVICE FOREST POLICY REFORM ENVIRONMENTS AGRICULTURE PROPERTY LOGGING FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES DECISION MAKING FOREST STEWARDSHIP RAINFOREST FOREST RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT FOREST LANDS HUNTING FOREST HARVESTING ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH FISHERIES CARTELS DEGRADATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREST ACTS TRADE POLLUTERS FOREST INVENTORIES LAND FOREST CONCESSIONAIRES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFORESTS FOREST ACTIVITY FOREST CLEARING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES REGIONAL FOREST FOREST LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS COMPETITIVE MARKETS WATER POLLUTION FOREST CERTIFICATION FORESTRY AUTHORITY FOREST FIRES REVENUE POLLUTION CONTROL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE RESOURCE OWNERSHIP EFFLUENTS FOREST LAWS FOREST ACTIVITIES PUBLIC FORESTRY PROFITS POLICY INSTRUMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL FOREST POLICIES PUBLIC GOOD ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION FOREST GOVERNANCE PRICES FOREST AUTHORITY FOREST PRODUCTION ECONOMIES FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPETITION |
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FOREST SERVICES WOOD FOREST EXPLOITATION SOCIAL COSTS FOREST INSTITUTIONS FOREST ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT LAND REFORM ECONOMIC GROWTH FOREST CONCESSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FOREST CRIMES FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST GUARDS PRODUCERS FOREST COMPANIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES TIMBER WOOD PRODUCTS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES CONCESSION POLICIES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT FOREST AREAS INCENTIVES FOREST SYSTEMS TIMBER COMPANIES EMPIRICAL STUDIES COMMON GOOD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TREES WOODLAND CONDITIONALITY FORESTRY COMPANIES FOREST LAW AUDITS RESOURCE USE CONCESSION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOREST REVENUE WILDLIFE LAND TITLING FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST SECTOR EXPLOITATION OIL PUBLIC FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS FOREST POLICY MANAGED FORESTS NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY LAW OPTIONS FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS FOREST AUTHORITIES WOODLANDS BIODIVERSITY TIMBER INDUSTRY DEBT FOREST OPERATIONS PUBLIC FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY POLLUTION FORESTRY PUBLIC HEARINGS TIMBER TRADE FOREST RICH COUNTRIES DIVIDENDS FOREST RESOURCES POLICY DECISIONS LANDOWNER TIMBER HARVESTING NATURAL RESOURCES METALS CONSERVATION OF FORESTS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN EFFICIENCY CERTAIN EXTENT TAXES LAND USE RESOURCES EQUITY SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM ECONOMIC IMPACT FORESTRY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIMARY FORESTS VALUES INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION MARKET PRICES FOREST POLICIES TIMBER MARKETS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FORESTS NATIONAL INCOME FOREST CONCESSIONS ENDANGERED SPECIES FOREST SERVICE FOREST POLICY REFORM ENVIRONMENTS AGRICULTURE PROPERTY LOGGING FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES DECISION MAKING FOREST STEWARDSHIP RAINFOREST FOREST RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT FOREST LANDS HUNTING FOREST HARVESTING ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH FISHERIES CARTELS DEGRADATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREST ACTS TRADE POLLUTERS FOREST INVENTORIES LAND FOREST CONCESSIONAIRES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFORESTS FOREST ACTIVITY FOREST CLEARING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES REGIONAL FOREST FOREST LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS COMPETITIVE MARKETS WATER POLLUTION FOREST CERTIFICATION FORESTRY AUTHORITY FOREST FIRES REVENUE POLLUTION CONTROL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE RESOURCE OWNERSHIP EFFLUENTS FOREST LAWS FOREST ACTIVITIES PUBLIC FORESTRY PROFITS POLICY INSTRUMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL FOREST POLICIES PUBLIC GOOD ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION FOREST GOVERNANCE PRICES FOREST AUTHORITY FOREST PRODUCTION ECONOMIES FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPETITION Contreras-Hermosilla, Arnoldo Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview |
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This paper looks at the evidence on the
magnitude and impacts of forest illegal acts, examines the
vulnerabilities of the forest sector, and proposes a
strategy for combating forest crime. Forest crime
prominently includes illegal logging but acts against the
law also affect other sector operations such as forest
products transport, industrial processing, and trade. Almost
universally, criminal exploitation of forest products and
commerce prevail as large amounts are unlawfully harvested,
traded against regulations in domestic markets or smuggled
across borders, often with the willing participation of
corrupt forest service officials and border police. Illegal
activities do not stop at the forest. They travel down the
line to operations related to transportation, national and
international trade of forest products. A particular form of
illegal forest activity, corruption, has come to the
forefront of the international debate on forests and is now
being openly discussed in various fora because of the
increasing awareness of the immense costs associated with
it. In this paper, corrupt deeds are illegal actions
that:(i) engage public officials; (ii) involve public
property and power; (iii) are perpetrated for private gain;
(iv) are intentional acts; and (v) are surreptitious.
Illegal activities are main threat to global resources. A
wide variety of illegal acts, including, among others,
illegal logging, illegal trade, arson and unauthorized
occupation of forestlands, take place in all kinds of
forests, in developing and industrialized economies. Often
illegal activities are associated with corruption, involving
the willing participation of government officers, usually in
complicity with parties of the private sector, in schemes to
abuse public property. Illegal acts generate a number of
undesirable economic impacts, harm the environment and the
most vulnerable sectors of society. To conclude, the
improvement of the policy and legislative framework and the
proper enforcement of the law may be the most important
issue in the future management of forest resources worldwide. |
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Contreras-Hermosilla, Arnoldo |
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Contreras-Hermosilla, Arnoldo |
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Contreras-Hermosilla, Arnoldo |
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Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview |
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Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview |
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Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview |
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Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview |
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Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview |
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illegal forest production and trade : an overview |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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okr-10986-244962021-04-23T14:04:21Z Illegal Forest Production and Trade : An Overview Contreras-Hermosilla, Arnoldo FOREST SERVICES WOOD FOREST EXPLOITATION SOCIAL COSTS FOREST INSTITUTIONS FOREST ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT LAND REFORM ECONOMIC GROWTH FOREST CONCESSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY SECTOR FOREST CRIMES FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST GUARDS PRODUCERS FOREST COMPANIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES TIMBER WOOD PRODUCTS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES CONCESSION POLICIES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT FOREST AREAS INCENTIVES FOREST SYSTEMS TIMBER COMPANIES EMPIRICAL STUDIES COMMON GOOD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TREES WOODLAND CONDITIONALITY FORESTRY COMPANIES FOREST LAW AUDITS RESOURCE USE CONCESSION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOREST REVENUE WILDLIFE LAND TITLING FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST SECTOR EXPLOITATION OIL PUBLIC FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS FOREST POLICY MANAGED FORESTS NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY LAW OPTIONS FOREST ADMINISTRATIONS FOREST AUTHORITIES WOODLANDS BIODIVERSITY TIMBER INDUSTRY DEBT FOREST OPERATIONS PUBLIC FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY POLLUTION FORESTRY PUBLIC HEARINGS TIMBER TRADE FOREST RICH COUNTRIES DIVIDENDS FOREST RESOURCES POLICY DECISIONS LANDOWNER TIMBER HARVESTING NATURAL RESOURCES METALS CONSERVATION OF FORESTS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN EFFICIENCY CERTAIN EXTENT TAXES LAND USE RESOURCES EQUITY SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM ECONOMIC IMPACT FORESTRY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIMARY FORESTS VALUES INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION MARKET PRICES FOREST POLICIES TIMBER MARKETS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FORESTS NATIONAL INCOME FOREST CONCESSIONS ENDANGERED SPECIES FOREST SERVICE FOREST POLICY REFORM ENVIRONMENTS AGRICULTURE PROPERTY LOGGING FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES DECISION MAKING FOREST STEWARDSHIP RAINFOREST FOREST RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT FOREST LANDS HUNTING FOREST HARVESTING ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH FISHERIES CARTELS DEGRADATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREST ACTS TRADE POLLUTERS FOREST INVENTORIES LAND FOREST CONCESSIONAIRES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFORESTS FOREST ACTIVITY FOREST CLEARING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES REGIONAL FOREST FOREST LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS COMPETITIVE MARKETS WATER POLLUTION FOREST CERTIFICATION FORESTRY AUTHORITY FOREST FIRES REVENUE POLLUTION CONTROL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE RESOURCE OWNERSHIP EFFLUENTS FOREST LAWS FOREST ACTIVITIES PUBLIC FORESTRY PROFITS POLICY INSTRUMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL FOREST POLICIES PUBLIC GOOD ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION FOREST GOVERNANCE PRICES FOREST AUTHORITY FOREST PRODUCTION ECONOMIES FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPETITION This paper looks at the evidence on the magnitude and impacts of forest illegal acts, examines the vulnerabilities of the forest sector, and proposes a strategy for combating forest crime. Forest crime prominently includes illegal logging but acts against the law also affect other sector operations such as forest products transport, industrial processing, and trade. Almost universally, criminal exploitation of forest products and commerce prevail as large amounts are unlawfully harvested, traded against regulations in domestic markets or smuggled across borders, often with the willing participation of corrupt forest service officials and border police. Illegal activities do not stop at the forest. They travel down the line to operations related to transportation, national and international trade of forest products. A particular form of illegal forest activity, corruption, has come to the forefront of the international debate on forests and is now being openly discussed in various fora because of the increasing awareness of the immense costs associated with it. In this paper, corrupt deeds are illegal actions that:(i) engage public officials; (ii) involve public property and power; (iii) are perpetrated for private gain; (iv) are intentional acts; and (v) are surreptitious. Illegal activities are main threat to global resources. A wide variety of illegal acts, including, among others, illegal logging, illegal trade, arson and unauthorized occupation of forestlands, take place in all kinds of forests, in developing and industrialized economies. Often illegal activities are associated with corruption, involving the willing participation of government officers, usually in complicity with parties of the private sector, in schemes to abuse public property. Illegal acts generate a number of undesirable economic impacts, harm the environment and the most vulnerable sectors of society. To conclude, the improvement of the policy and legislative framework and the proper enforcement of the law may be the most important issue in the future management of forest resources worldwide. 2016-06-09T22:26:17Z 2016-06-09T22:26:17Z 2002-05-28 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26227878/illegal-forest-production-trade-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24496 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |