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Climate and Atmosphere
Biological diversity
Land and Agriculture

Definition(s)

Harvesting forest products such as fuel wood, timber for furniture and paper production. (Source: drafted)

Hierarchy

Broader: deforestation
Narrower: illegal logging

In other languages

French
exploitation forestière
Russian
лесозаготовка
Spanish
explotación forestal
Chinese, Simplified
采伐
Arabic
قطع الأشجار

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with logging

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with logging. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Basel Convention
Convention on Migratory Species
Stockholm Convention
Kyoto Protocol
Rotterdam Convention