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The Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
(FLEG) process aims to combat the threats posed to forests by illegal
logging, trade, poaching and corruption. Illegal logging takes place when
timber is harvested, processed, transported, brought or sold in violation
of national laws including:
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Obtaining concessions illegally (eg via
corruption and bribery) or without full and informed consent.
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Cutting protected tree species or
extraction trees from a protected area
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Taking out more trees, under sized
trees, oversized trees than is permitted or trees outside an agreed area
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Illegal processing and export
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Fraudulent declaration to customs of the
amount of timber being exported
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Non payment or under payment of taxes
· Use
of fraudulent documents to smuggle timber internationally
Illegally
logged timber destroys lives by perpetuating a vicious cycle of violence,
intimidation, corruption and environmental and social degradation. A ban on
the import of wood products from illegal and destructive sources is the
only way to stop illegal logging.
Hardydeck is your best option since Bolivia is in the
lead with the largest extension of natural tropical FSC certified forests
worldwide. The only recognized way to combat illegal logging and
degradation of the wildlife is by certified harvesting. In Bolivia – and so
with Hardydeck this works out with tracking and tracing:
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