Risk Analysis of Regions with Suspicious Illegal Logging and Their Trade Flows

To eradicate illegally harvested wood sources in its domestic market, it is critical to conduct risk assessments on wood sourcing in regions with illegal loggings. It is not reliable to use a single indicator to analyze suspicious illegal logging. This study integrates three key global indicators: C...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 3549
Main Authors Lin, Jiunn-Cheng, Lee, Jun-Yen, Liu, Wan-Yu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 23.03.2021
Subjects
Bribery
Butterflies & moths
Corruption
Deforestation
Developing countries
Environmental impact
Forests
Harvest
Indicators
LDCs
Poverty
Private enterprise
Profits
Risk analysis
Risk assessment
Subsidies
Sustainability
Taxation
Timber
Wood
Wood products
Cameroon
Asia
United States > US
Indonesia
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Summary:To eradicate illegally harvested wood sources in its domestic market, it is critical to conduct risk assessments on wood sourcing in regions with illegal loggings. It is not reliable to use a single indicator to analyze suspicious illegal logging. This study integrates three key global indicators: CPI (Corruption Perceptions Index), HDI (Human Development Indicator), and WGI (The Worldwide Governance Indicators) by applying the entropy weight method to establish a new risk indicator to rank suspicious illegal logging regions. This study aims to establish better risk indicators by considering more factors to assess the risks of illegal logging and its trade flow more reliably. By analyzing roundwood production, Myanmar, Congo, and Nigeria are rated high-risk. Countries such as the U.S., Germany, Canada, and Finland are rated low-risk.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13063549