A biodiversity-crisis hierarchy to evaluate and refine conservation indicators

DA Driscoll, LM Bland, BA Bryan… - Nature Ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–
2020 form the central pillar of the world's conservation commitment, with 196 signatory …

Institutional assessment in natural resource governance: A conceptual overview

E Yeboah-Assiamah, K Muller, KA Domfeh - Forest policy and economics, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural resource governance is enhanced and structured by rules, norms and strategies
which make institutionalism quintessential in the natural resource governance discourse …

Logging concessions enable illegal logging crisis in the Peruvian Amazon

M Finer, CN Jenkins, MAB Sky, J Pine - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The Peruvian Amazon is an important arena in global efforts to promote sustainable
logging in the tropics. Despite recent efforts to achieve sustainability, such as provisions in …

Severe declines of understory birds follow illegal logging in Upper Guinea forests of Ghana, West Africa

N Arcilla, LH Holbech, S O'Donnell - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigated how legal logging history and recent illegal logging affected forest bird
community structure in Ghana. Ghanaian forests belong to West Africa's highly fragmented …

Scalar politics and black markets: The political ecology of illegal rosewood logging in Ghana

MM Kansanga, DH Dinko, H Nyantakyi-Frimpong… - Geoforum, 2021 - Elsevier
Rosewood is currently the most trafficked endangered plant species globally, with much of
this illegal trade originating from Africa. To regulate rosewood extraction, many African …

Corruption, shadow economy and deforestation: friends or strangers?

AC Cozma, CN Cotoc, VL Vaidean, MV Achim - Risks, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study aims to reveal the connection between corruption and shadow economy, on one
hand, and deforestation, on the other. The research considers 131 countries from all over …

What does Brazil know about the origin and uses of tree species employed in the housing sector? Perspectives on available species, origin and current challenges

V De Araujo, J Vasconcelos, M Gava… - International Forestry …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Timber consumption is a complex discussion for the industry, in part because the issue has
been marked by doubts about lineage and origin. This paper aimed to identify challenges …

Smallholder forestry in the Western Amazon: Outcomes from forest reforms and emerging policy perspectives

P Pacheco, E Mejía, W Cano, W De Jong - Forests, 2016 - mdpi.com
The forest reforms unfolding during the last two decades in the western Amazon have
embraced policy regimes founded on the principles of sustainable forest management. The …

A SWOT Analysis on Illegal Logging and Corruption: Romania Case Study

AC Cozma, MV Achim - Economic and Financial Crime, Sustainability and …, 2023 - Springer
Illegal logging has come to the attention of the public eye for several years. Violent conflicts
resulting even into murdering the rangers that tried to protect the forests represent a serious …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding local beneficiaries of ecosystem services in the Bia-Tano Forest reserve for sustainable forest governance

R Kyere-Boateng, MV Marek, M Huba - The Geographical Journal, 2023 - academia.edu
(Ghana) harvest or collect in order to provide useful insights into planning, managing and
governing to achieve sustainability of the reservesʼ resources. Three hundred sampled …