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Justice for Forests: Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging

Justice for Forests: Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging

Goncalves, Marlyne
Panjer, Malissa
Greenberg, Theodore

Paperback

Series: World Bank Studies

Environmental StudiesLawns, Trees, & ShrubsTrue Crime

ISBN10: 0821389785
ISBN13: 9780821389782
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: Apr 1 2012
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Every two seconds, across the world, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers. In some countries, up to 90% of all the logging taking place is illegal. Estimates suggest that this criminal activity generates approximately US $10-15 bn annually worldwide-funds that are unregulated, untaxed, and often remain in the hands of organized criminal gangs. Thus far, domestic and international efforts to curb forest crimes have focused on preventative actions, but they have had little or no significant impact. While prevention is an essential part of enforcement efforts to tackle illegal logging, it has not halted the rapid disappearance of the world's old-growth trees. New ideas and strategies are needed to preserve what is left of forests.

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