What is Illegal Logging?
Illegal logging is not always a clearly defined term, but can be described as forestry practices or activities connected with wood harvesting, processing and trade that do not conform to law. Illegalities occur right through the chain from source to consumer, the harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including corrupt means to gain access to forests, extraction without permission or from a protected area, cutting of protected species or extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits. Illegalities may also occur during transport, including illegal processing and export as well as misdeclaration to customs, before the timber enters the legal market.
Other examples of illegal logging are:
- Underreporting harvest volumes and tax payable
- Ignoring selective cutting guidelines
- Harvesting outside concession boundaries
- Falsifying log transport documents
- Accepting falsified log transport documents
Timber can also be considered illegal if the plantations are not properly managed. This includes:
- Clear-cutting natural forest, then failing to replant
- Not planting at rates required to maintain long-term production
- Replanting with low-quality species
- Replanting at low density
Thus the definition covers many areas. Furthermore, discrepancies exist between countries in defining illegality. The Royal Institute for International Affairs states in its report that common definitions of illegality are needed if the timber is to be effectively controlled
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