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  1. 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

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    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

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    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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  1. Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars – here’s how to curb it

    • The role of rules My research uses social science to address conservation issues like wildlife trafficking and invasive species. ...
    • A global trade Illegal timber is estimated to account for 50 to 90 percent of wood harvested from Amazonia, central Africa and Southeast Asia. ...
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    Apr 21, 2022 · Globally, the illegal timber trade is estimated to be worth up to USD 152 billion per year, representing nearly half the illicit proceeds of all environmental crime. Latin America and the Caribbean are home to 50 per …

  9. The fight to protect the world’s most trafficked wild …

    Aug 16, 2019 · Timber trafficking is valued at between $30 billion and $100 billion a year, according to Interpol. These leavings are from a rosewood tree felled illegally in Guatemala's Izabal...

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