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  1. The Conversation
    https://theconversation.com/global-timber-trafficking-harms-forests-and-costs-billions...

    Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs …

    • My research uses social science to address conservation issues like wildlife trafficking and invasive species. I focus on the role of norms and rules, which guide human behavior by signaling whether an a… See more

    A Global Trade

    Illegal timber is estimated to account for 50 to 90 percent of wood harvested from Amazonia, central Africa and Southeast Asia. Interpol estimates that 40 to 60 percent of t… See more

    The Conversation
    Improving Enforcement

    To protect forests and guide timber use, governments create rules. International treaties and trade regulations restrict timber imports based on quantity or species. Domestic … See more

    The Conversation
    Learning from Wildlife Trafficking

    Timber trafficking has many parallels with illegal trade in charismatic and endangered wildlife, such as pangolins, turtles and rhinos. In both cases, the trade is extremely lucrative, a… See more

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    Steering Consumer Choices

    Governments and businesses can use similar strategies to address timber trafficking. They can educate consumers about the scale of the contraband trade and which prod… See more

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    What are the common practices in the illegal timber trade?
    Corruption, transshipment, and falsification of import documents are common practices in the illegal timber trade, whether to avoid paying the proper duties on a shipment or to hide the illegal origins of unsustainably harvested wood. Criminal organizations constantly change their behavior and activity to avoid detection.
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    A Global Trade
    Improving Enforcement
    Learning from Wildlife Trafficking
    Steering Consumer Choices
    What are the common practices in the illegal timber trade?
     
  1. Timber trafficking takes place when loggers harvest and transport timber without complying with the country’s forestry regulations, dodging taxes, royalties and fees that should boost government revenues. This situation threatens both the timber sector’s sustainability and the country’s ability to preserve its forest ecosystems.

    Over US$200m lost annually through timber-trafficking

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    Is timber trafficking a crime in the United States?
    Timber Trafficking: The United States was one of the first countries to criminalize the trafficking of plant and plant products, including timber, in international commerce by amending the oldest U.S. wildlife protection law, the Lacey Act, in 2008.

    Environment and Natural Resources Division | Wildlife and Timber

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    Can social science play a role in timber trafficking?
    And this is where social science can play a role. Timber trafficking has many parallels with illegal trade in charismatic and endangered wildlife, such as pangolins, turtles and rhinos. In both cases, the trade is extremely lucrative, and consumer demand is a major driver of the black market.

    Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars

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    What are the common practices in the illegal timber trade?
    Corruption, transshipment, and falsification of import documents are common practices in the illegal timber trade, whether to avoid paying the proper duties on a shipment or to hide the illegal origins of unsustainably harvested wood. Criminal organizations constantly change their behavior and activity to avoid detection.

    Illegal Logging | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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    How has the United States acted against illegal timber purchases?
    Over the past decade the United States has acted to bolster rules and sanctions against illegal timber purchases. Notably, in 2008 Congress amended the Lacey Act, which prohibits trade in illegal wildlife, fish and plants, to include timber.

    Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars

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    Is illegal timber a problem?
    This signals that illegal activity can occur with impunity, although some nations are tightening up regulations in an effort to curb the problem. Illegal timber is estimated to account for 50 to 90 percent of wood harvested from Amazonia, central Africa and Southeast Asia.

    Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars

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    How does CBP deal with timber trafficking?
    Criminal organizations constantly change their behavior and activity to avoid detection. Therefore, CBP uses a multi-layered, risk-based enforcement strategy to target, and penalize companies involved in timber trafficking.

    Illegal Logging | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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  3. U.S. Department of Justice
    https://www.justice.gov/enrd/wildlife-and-timber-trafficking

    Wildlife and Timber Trafficking - United States Department of Justice

  4. The Business & Financial Times
    https://thebftonline.com/2024/10/30/over-us200m...

    Over US$200m lost annually through timber-trafficking

  5. Environmental Investigation Agency
    https://eia-international.org/.../timber-tra…

    Timber Trafficking - EIA

    Timber Trafficking. A report into illegal logging in Indonesia and South-East Asia, and the international consumption of illegally sourced timber. For the past two decades, the international community has been aware of rampant logging of …

  6. icij.org
    https://www.icij.org/investigations/defore…

    New Justice Department-led task force pledges global …

    May 23, 2023 · The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a new interagency task force to bolster efforts to identify, investigate and prosecute illegal trafficking in timber linked to environmental and other crimes. The …

  7. U.S. Department of Justice
    https://www.justice.gov/opa/video/timb…

    TIMBER Trafficking Enforcement Roundtable - United …

    Apr 19, 2023 · As part of the Justice Department’s Earth Week recognition, the department held an interagency roundtable on illegal timber trafficking. Officials will announced the TIMBER Enforcement Working Group and explained how it …

  8. Environmental Investigation Agency
    https://eia-international.org/forests/illegal...

    Illegal logging and timber trafficking - EIA

  9. Homeland Security
    https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/ICE...
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    Illegal Trafficking of Wildlife and Other Natural Resources

  10. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
    https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-ad…

    Illegal Logging | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Illegal logging is the most profitable natural resource crime on the planet and the third most profitable transnational crime behind counterfeiting and drug trafficking. Preventing illegal timber shipments from entering the U.S. protects American …

  11. US Forest Service
    https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/delivering...

    Curbing illegal timber trafficking in Namibia | US Forest Service