Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade. This article contributes to knowledge on the nature, extent, and impacts of illegal logging (IL), with particular focus on livelihoods. We find that the reality of IL is much more nuanced than it has been depicted. We show...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Tacconi, L.
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[Forests, illegality, and livelihoods: the Case of Cameroon]
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Forests, illegality, and livelihoods: the Case of Cameroon
A paper published in Ecological Economics [Varma, A. 2003. The economics of slash and burn: a case study of the 1997–1998 Indonesian forest fires. Ecological Economics 46,159–171] claims to show that slash and burn agriculture is socially inefficient and should be banned. However, its conclusions...
Indonesian legislation calls for a zero-burning policy. This approach to fire management is largely in response to significant negative impacts on the economy and the environment, not only in Indonesia but also the neighbouring region, that result annually from peat fires in Kalimantan and Sumatr...
The implementation of a mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD - plus) will be affected by governance conditions within host countries. The top eight countries, which are responsible for 70 percent of the world's total annual deforestation, have implement...
Irawan, S.
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Tacconi, L.
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[Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and decentralized forest management]
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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and decentralized forest management
Clough, G.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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Nasi, Robert
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Tacconi, L.
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[Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans]
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Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans
The Cameroonian regulatory framework on forest, wildlife and fisheries requires logging companies to pay an Area Fee (AF), half of which must be redistributed to rural councils (40%) and villages (10%) neighbouring the logging concessions. The AF had the main objectives to provide a consistent co...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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Tacconi, L.
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[The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: a decade of logging area fees in Cameroon]
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The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: a decade of logging area fees in Cameroon
One of the main objectives of the 1994 Cameroonian forestry law is to improve the management of production forests by including minimum safeguards for sustainability into compulsory forest management plans. As of 2007, about 3.5 million hectares (60%) of the productive forests are harvested follo...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Nasi, Robert
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Tacconi, L.
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[Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.]
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Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.
Illegal activities are one of the most pressing problems facing the Indonesian forest sector today. The debate on illegal forest activities has focused primarily on legal and governance issues. Economic forces, however, are increasingly recognized as fundamental drivers of illegal forest activiti...
Tacconi, L.
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Obidzinski, K.
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Smith, J.
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Subarudi
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Suramenggala, I.
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[Can 'legalization' of illegal forest activities reduce illegal logging?: lessons from East Kalimantan]
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Can 'legalization' of illegal forest activities reduce illegal logging?: lessons from East Kalimantan
The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has a pivotal role for both the Cameroonian legal framework and market-based instruments such as forest certification. We assess the different impacts on timber harvesting of the forest legal framework as compared to the adoption of forest certif...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Tacconi, L.
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Nasi, Robert
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Lescuyer, G.
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[Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon]
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Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon
Tacconi, L.
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Moore, P.F.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Fires in tropical forests - what is really the problem?: lessons from Indonesia]
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Fires in tropical forests - what is really the problem?: lessons from Indonesia