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WELCOME TO ILLEGAL-LOGGING.INFO


Welcome to illegal-logging.info. The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on events, key documents and links to other relevant websites.

The site is maintained by the Energy, Environment and Development Programme of Chatham House in London, with funding from the UK Department for International Development.

Illegal logging and the international trade in illegally logged timber is a major problem for many timber-producing countries in the developing world. It causes environmental damage, costs governments billions of dollars in lost revenue, promotes corruption, undermines the rule of law and good governance and funds armed conflict. It retards sustainable development in some of the poorest countries of the world. Consumer countries contribute to these problems by importing timber and wood products without ensuring that they are legally sourced. In recent years, however, producer and consumer countries alike have paid increasing attention to illegal logging.

The views expressed in documents on this site are the opinions of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Chatham House or its funders.

LATEST NEWS
08/02/2010
Preah Vihear: Stop illegal loggers, PM tells troops

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) troops not to engage in illegal logging ..
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08/02/2010
Helveta announces contract to deploy CI World as the nationwide forest information management system in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Oxford, England - Helveta Ltd., the leading provider of asset management and supply chain monitoring ..
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07/02/2010
Commodity trade and urbanization, rather than rural poverty, drive deforestation

Forest conservation via REDD may be ineffective without addressing commodity consumption and trade, argues ..
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LATEST PAPERS
27/01/2010
Lessons UNlearned: How the UN and Member States Must do More to end Resource-Fuelled Conflict

Drawing on Global Witness’ experience in Angola, Cambodia, DRC, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan, ...
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25/01/2010
UK Government Timber Procurement Policy: Definition of legal and sustainable for timber procurement, Fourth Edition

All Government procurement contracts for timber products will from 1st April 2010 include social criteria ...
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22/01/2010
An Assessment of Liberian Forest Area, Dynamics, FDA Concession Plans, and their Relevance to Revenue Projections

This report provides an overview of the history of overestimation of extractable timber volumes and forest ...
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