Examine why illegal logging is so pervasiveand how this problem can
be addressed In March 2002, the Yale chapter of the International
Society of Tropical Foresters brought together social and natural
scientists, resource managers, policymakers, community leaders, and
other interested parties to share experiences, strategies,
successes, and failures in addressing illegal logging and
corruption. The results were the conference Illegal Logging in
Tropical Forests: Ecology, Economics, and Politics of Resource
Misuse and this book, which brings together analyses from the
perspectives, of anthropology, economics, forestry, law, political
science, and sociology. Illegal Logging in the Tropics: Strategies
for Cutting Crime suggests specific policy interventions aimed at
curbing illegal logging and identifying solutions to forest crime.
It presents both thematic analyses of illegal logging at the global
level and case studies on both the local and national levels in
African, Latin American, and Asian countries. The contributors draw
on their experiences in Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, India, Indonesia,
Mexico, and Vietnam. Illegal Logging in the Tropics: Strategies for
Cutting Crime examines: global governancewith a cross-country
regression analysis of deforestation and various aspects of
governance global forest tradewith extensive reviews of data on
global trade in forest products community perspectives on illegal
loggingincluding a system dynamics model of villagers' willingness
to log, a description of community involvement in broader networks
of illegal trade, and a chapter that challenges the credibility of
illegality as defined by a corrupt government or agency the efforts
of NGOs to combat illegal logging how illegal logging is typically
symptomatic of broader failures of governance Specific chapters in
Illegal Logging in the Tropics: Strategies for Cutting Crime
investigate: the role of monitoring in cutting forest crime whether
illegal logging is better combated via law enforcement or by local
communitieswith pros and cons for each approach the proximate
causes of illegal logging, including access to forests and
equipment, and economic factors the efforts of Transparency
Internationala widely lauded organization combating corruptionto
address illegal logging at the international policy level In
addition, this valuable resource provides you with an essential
overview of the literature on illegal logging, an in-depth analysis
of the incentive structures that bring local residents to commit
forest crimes, and a great deal more. Let Illegal Logging in the
Tropics: Strategies for Cutting Crime be your guide to the
intricacies of this increasingly urgent issue.
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