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The effects of overlogging can be mitigated by setting aside profits for forest rehabilitation, a practice which is also economically profitable. [14] Enrichment planting , or planting trees in degraded forests, is a form of artificial regeneration that has been employed in East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan , Indonesia. [ 1 ]
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits.
Logging industry provide a ground for arms smuggling. [3] There are human rights abuses of the forest communities and labour. A review of fourteen logging operations 2001- 2006 was highly critical, with the exception of a Japanese company. Forest minister, Belden Namah, addressed logging and corruption in the parliament for the first time in 2008.
Like other hotspots for illegal logging in the world, a number of forest managers, rangers, activists and journalists have been attacked or even killed throughout Eastern Europe and Russia.
Illegal logging has taken a huge toll in recent years on the forest-covered southern half of the city of 9 million inhabitants. “They have finished off the forest,” Alfredo Gutiérrez, 43 ...
Rapid population growth, unregulated logging concessions especially during Ferdinand Marcos' regime, illegal logging and mining, and destructive typhoons have been cited as major reasons for deforestation in the country. Deforestation affects biodiversity in the Philippines and has long-term negative impacts on the country's food production. [64]
Logging in the United States is a hotly debated topic as groups who either support or oppose logging argue over its benefits and negative effects. The biggest issue thought to be facing deforestation in the United States was illegal logging. The Forest Service and EPA work together to make sure that the permits for logging companies in the ...
The BSS became a world-renowned system and was the basis for a sustainable forestry in Southeast Asia. [22] Now called the Myanmar Selection System (MSS), this technique is still used today, primarily for the management of natural teak forests. [23] The MSS divides a forest into 30 equal plots, which are each put on a 30-year felling cycle.