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Definition(s)

Illegal logging and related trade occurs when timber is harvested, transported, processed, bought or sold in violation of national or sub-national laws. It also refers to clearing of forests for plantations such as oil palm. (Source: WWF)

Hierarchy

Broader: logging

In other languages

French
exploitation illégale du bois
Russian
незаконная вырубка
Spanish
explotación forestal ilícita
Chinese, Simplified
非法采伐
Arabic
قطع الأشجار غير المشروع

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with illegal logging

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Basel Convention
Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians