What is Illegal Logging
Logging is a very common type of work that takes place in order to remove trees from their nature environment. They are then used to make a variety of products that we use on a daily basis. Measures have been put in place in the form of laws to restrict the degree of logging and when and where it can take place.
The process of illegal logging involves people cutting down trees in areas where they don’t have the proper permits to do so. The need for wood is great so as a result it is also profitable and can encourage individuals to try to take advantage of what is available in their natural environment. They may go as far as to access the equipment of legitimate logging companies. Sometimes illegal logging involves the theft of the materials that have legally harvested by someone else.
The laws and punishments have become very harsh for those that engage in illegal logging. It is without doubt that they are damaging the environment and destroying natural. Often you will see a protected environment being pillaged despite being environmentally protected by law.. There are rewards for those that report instances of illegal logging in order to stop them. While there are surveillance teams out there in the forest trying to protect the area, they simply don’t have the man power to cover all the possible locations where illegal logging can occur.
Still, it is believed that millions of dollars of wood are the result of illegal logging annually. It is very hard to get a firm estimate though of how often this is taking place. It is easy to see therefore why it has grown in popularity as that is a large amount of money for people to be making profits on. An unfortunate consequence of illegal logging is that legally farmed wood can get more expensive, this is due to the drain in natural resources through illegal harvesting.
In order to help deter individuals from engaging in illegal logging, stiffer penalties are being implemented. Although local jurisdictions are becoming united in the fight against this crime and attempting to give a unified rule of punishment, it is still considered worth the risk by the illegal loggers to continue this deforestation, as the financial gain is so large.
EUobserver / Illegal logging targeted by parliament
Caroline Lucas, the British Green MEP responsible for shepherding the legislation through the parliament, said during the parliament’s debate on the bill: "Illegal logging is a hugely serious problem, against which the EU.
Illegal wood soon excluded from EU markets
“Illegal logging is a major culprit for the increasing destruction of precious tropical forests and takes away a valuable source of income from local communities,” says Anke Schulmeister, Forests Policy Officer at WWF.
Sarawak gangsters returning to illegal logging
Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan does not discount the possibility that gangsters have returned to the lucrative illegal logging business in Sarawak.
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