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Illegal deforestation and logging - UNODC's Global Analysis on Crimes that Affect the Environment
Thu, September 12, 1:00 to 2:15pm, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: 2nd floor, Library - reading room 1Abstract
In the last 50 years, nature has changed at an unprecedented rate in human history. Between 1990 and 2020, 420 million hectares of forest were cleared, an area equal to losing two and a half Amazon rainforests. Deforestation, both legal and illegal, is now recognised as one of the greatest drivers of biodiversity loss but the fight against illegal deforestation has advanced at a much slower pace. UNODC Global Analysis on Crimes that Affect the Environment represents a first attempt to consolidate the state of global knowledge on illegal deforestation and logging. Who are the actors? What modi operandi are adopted? How does corruption play a role? The presentation will draw from the key findings of the UNODC study on illegal deforestation and logging to prompt a discussion on a still under researched form of crime.