Definition: Illegal logging

Category: Forestry

Illegal logging is the harvesting of timber in contravention of the laws and regulations of the country of harvest. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-31-11-137&mode=view EU Commission, Directorate-General Environment page on illegal logging
Source:
European Commission (Eurostat), "Forestry in the EU and the world - A statistical portrait", Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg , 2011
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