strategy
Controlling private loggers
Context:
Logging in particularly tropical forests is typically carried out by private firms, under government terms. Such terms and agreements may be ignored at the peril of the environment, and forestry agencies or other regulatory bodies may be unwilling or unable to enforce them. In many countries enforcers have been bribed or killed in the process. Private logging may, therefore, in cases need to be controlled more effectively. Implementation:
In Indonesia, private, national and international firms are being recruited to monitor compliance with logging concessions. Constrains:
Clearing forestUsing available timber resources Facilitates:
Improving forest resource management Facilitated by:
Researching forestsMonitoring timber productionExpanding remote sensing of forest resourcesProviding information about forest resourcesDeveloping policy for conservation of forestsDeveloping policy for conservation of forestsStrengthening international institutional capacity for sustainable use of forest resources Problems:
Environmental hazards from loggingIllegal tropical timber trade
Instability of forestry and logging
Logging of protected areas of forest
Restrictive logging regulations
Tropical deforestation
Unemployment in the wood industry
Unsustainable development of forest lands
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies