Forests are the most productive terrestrial ecosystems across the world. They can play both
a direct and indirect role in global poverty alleviation through their social, economic and …

The empirical link between governance and illegal logging is widely accepted amongst
scientist, although a minority still purports that illegal logging does not necessarily prevail …

Responding to multiple problems affecting governance of natural resource access and
trade, governments implement formalization processes, often driven by the interests of …

Understanding the magnitude of illegal logging and related timber trade as well as illegal
trade flows is critical to addressing the problem. This chapter provides an overview of the …

The objective of this study was to examine existing knowledge on forest products
development and to promote sustainable forest management in Ethiopia. Furthermore, the …

This paper broadly defines the private forestry sector to include timber enterprises ranging
from small-scale chainsaw loggers to industrial timber producers, all of which will be directly …

The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade programme (FLEGT) of the European
Union aims at stimulating both legal timber production and good forest governance. The EU …

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 …

Public concerns about the environmental credentials of timber products have led to the
introduction of procurement policies that add criteria other than price into the decision …

Combating illegal timber trade requires the ability to identify species and verify geographic
origin of timber. Forensic techniques that independently verify the declared species and …