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Infographic: Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme

Year of publication 2016

Pages 1p.

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) What are the costs of illegal logging ? Illegal logging and the associated trade break down carbon-rich forests, interfere with sustainable forest management, threaten Livelihoods and contribute to the loss of biodiversity. Illegal logging represents about 30 to 100 billion USD annually or 10 to 30% of the global timber trade. FLEGT FAO Programme has supported more than 200 projects in some 40 countries producing tropical timber since 2008

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