Justice for Forests : Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging
Every two seconds, across the world, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers. In some countries, up to 90 percent of all the logging taking place is illegal. Estimates suggest that this criminal activity gener...
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ABUSE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ADVOCACY AMAZON RAINFOREST ANIMALS ANTI-CORRUPTION ARMED FORCES ARSON ASSETS BANK FRAUD BANKS BEARS BIODIVERSITY BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS BRIBES CASH TRANSACTIONS CIVIL LAW CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE COLLAPSE CONSERVATION CONVICTION CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION COURT CREEK CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL ACTS CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL CODES CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CRIMINAL LAWS CRIMINAL LIABILITY CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINAL STATUTES CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS CRONIES CUSTODY CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS DEALERS DEATH THREATS DRUGS ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE EMBEZZLEMENT ENCROACHMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ENFORCEMENT AGENCY EU EXPORT DUTIES EXTORTION FAUNA FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS FLORA FOREST FOREST CERTIFICATION FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST MONITORING FOREST OFFICERS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RANGERS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FORESTRY POLICY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FORGERY FRAUD GANGS GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HARASSMENT ILLEGAL HARVESTING ILLEGAL LOGGERS ILLEGAL LOGGING ILLEGAL LOGGING OPERATIONS ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPRISONMENT INITIATIVE INJURY INSURANCE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL LAW INVESTIGATING MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATOR JAIL JUDGE JUDICIARY JUSTICE KIDNAPPING LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LEGAL ENTITIES LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LOGGING COMPANIES LOGGING COMPANY LOGS MAFIA MINISTER MISAPPROPRIATION MONEY LAUNDERING MURDER MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE NATIONAL LAW NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL PARK NATURAL RESOURCE NOTARIES OFFENDER OFFENSE ORGANIZED CRIME PASSIVE BRIBERY PENALTIES PENALTY PERPETRATORS POACHING POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PREFERENTIAL PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRIORITIES PRISON PROSECUTION PROSECUTOR PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUNISHMENT RAW TIMBER REMEDIES REMEDY RESERVES ROADS RULE OF LAW SHIPS SMUGGLING SPECIES SUPPLIERS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT TERRORISM THEFT TIMBER TIMBER COMPANIES TIMBER HARVESTING TIMBER SMUGGLING TRAFFICKING TRANSPARENCY TREE TRIAL UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIMES WEAPONS WIFE WILDLIFE WILDLIFE LAWS WILDLIFE POACHING WILDLIFE TRADE WILL Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira Panjer, Melissa Greenberg, Theodore S. Magrath, William B. Justice for Forests : Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging |
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Every two seconds, across the world, an
area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by
illegal loggers. In some countries, up to 90 percent of all
the logging taking place is illegal. Estimates suggest that
this criminal activity generates approximately US$10-15
billion annually worldwide funds that are unregulated,
untaxed, and often remain in the hands of organized criminal
gangs. Thus far, domestic and international efforts to curb
forest crimes have focused on preventative actions, but they
have had little or no significant impact. While prevention
is an essential part of enforcement efforts to tackle
illegal logging, it has not halted the rapid disappearance
of the world's old-growth trees. New ideas and
strategies are needed to preserve what is left of forests.
This paper suggests that current practice be combined with a
more targeted, punitive approach, through more effective use
of the criminal justice system. It argues that the criminal
justice system should form an integral part of any balanced
and organized strategy for fighting forest crime. This
strategy should include initiatives to enhance the
efficiency of criminal justice in combating illegal logging
that is, the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of
cases, as well as the confiscation of the proceeds of
criminal activity. These initiatives should be deployed in
parallel with preventive programs, and the two approaches
should complement and reinforce each other. The criminal
justice system has been used in the fight against illegal
logging, but only in very sporadic instances and in limited
and ineffective ways. Moreover, in those few cases, it has
tended to target low-level criminals whose involvement in
illegal logging is due to poverty. As such, it has created
no real deterrent and has encouraged skeptics to further
discount the relevance of criminal justice methods. The
objective of this paper is to inform policy makers and
forestry and law enforcement actors how they can use the
criminal justice system in fighting illegal logging. It
seeks to mobilize them to take action and address the
various criminal acts involved in illegal logging
operations. The paper puts forward practical suggestions
that can be implemented to achieve a tangible improvement in
this fight. Rather than focusing on a single element of the
criminal justice system, it provides a broad overview of the
topic. Future papers may provide an opportunity to flesh out
further detail. |
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Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira Panjer, Melissa Greenberg, Theodore S. Magrath, William B. |
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Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira Panjer, Melissa Greenberg, Theodore S. Magrath, William B. |
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Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira |
| title |
Justice for Forests : Improving
Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging |
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Justice for Forests : Improving
Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging |
| title_full |
Justice for Forests : Improving
Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging |
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Justice for Forests : Improving
Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging |
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Justice for Forests : Improving
Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging |
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justice for forests : improving
criminal justice efforts to combat illegal logging |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15966880/justice-forests-improving-criminal-justice-efforts-combat-illegal-logging http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6011 |
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okr-10986-60112021-06-08T12:08:57Z Justice for Forests : Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira Panjer, Melissa Greenberg, Theodore S. Magrath, William B. ABUSE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ADVOCACY AMAZON RAINFOREST ANIMALS ANTI-CORRUPTION ARMED FORCES ARSON ASSETS BANK FRAUD BANKS BEARS BIODIVERSITY BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS BRIBES CASH TRANSACTIONS CIVIL LAW CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE COLLAPSE CONSERVATION CONVICTION CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION COURT CREEK CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL ACTS CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL CODES CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CRIMINAL LAWS CRIMINAL LIABILITY CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINAL STATUTES CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS CRONIES CUSTODY CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS DEALERS DEATH THREATS DRUGS ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE EMBEZZLEMENT ENCROACHMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ENFORCEMENT AGENCY EU EXPORT DUTIES EXTORTION FAUNA FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS FLORA FOREST FOREST CERTIFICATION FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST MONITORING FOREST OFFICERS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RANGERS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FORESTRY POLICY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FORGERY FRAUD GANGS GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HARASSMENT ILLEGAL HARVESTING ILLEGAL LOGGERS ILLEGAL LOGGING ILLEGAL LOGGING OPERATIONS ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPRISONMENT INITIATIVE INJURY INSURANCE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL LAW INVESTIGATING MAGISTRATE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATOR JAIL JUDGE JUDICIARY JUSTICE KIDNAPPING LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LEGAL ENTITIES LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LOGGING COMPANIES LOGGING COMPANY LOGS MAFIA MINISTER MISAPPROPRIATION MONEY LAUNDERING MURDER MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE NATIONAL LAW NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL PARK NATURAL RESOURCE NOTARIES OFFENDER OFFENSE ORGANIZED CRIME PASSIVE BRIBERY PENALTIES PENALTY PERPETRATORS POACHING POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PREFERENTIAL PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRIORITIES PRISON PROSECUTION PROSECUTOR PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OFFICIAL PUNISHMENT RAW TIMBER REMEDIES REMEDY RESERVES ROADS RULE OF LAW SHIPS SMUGGLING SPECIES SUPPLIERS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT TERRORISM THEFT TIMBER TIMBER COMPANIES TIMBER HARVESTING TIMBER SMUGGLING TRAFFICKING TRANSPARENCY TREE TRIAL UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIMES WEAPONS WIFE WILDLIFE WILDLIFE LAWS WILDLIFE POACHING WILDLIFE TRADE WILL Every two seconds, across the world, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers. In some countries, up to 90 percent of all the logging taking place is illegal. Estimates suggest that this criminal activity generates approximately US$10-15 billion annually worldwide funds that are unregulated, untaxed, and often remain in the hands of organized criminal gangs. Thus far, domestic and international efforts to curb forest crimes have focused on preventative actions, but they have had little or no significant impact. While prevention is an essential part of enforcement efforts to tackle illegal logging, it has not halted the rapid disappearance of the world's old-growth trees. New ideas and strategies are needed to preserve what is left of forests. This paper suggests that current practice be combined with a more targeted, punitive approach, through more effective use of the criminal justice system. It argues that the criminal justice system should form an integral part of any balanced and organized strategy for fighting forest crime. This strategy should include initiatives to enhance the efficiency of criminal justice in combating illegal logging that is, the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of cases, as well as the confiscation of the proceeds of criminal activity. These initiatives should be deployed in parallel with preventive programs, and the two approaches should complement and reinforce each other. The criminal justice system has been used in the fight against illegal logging, but only in very sporadic instances and in limited and ineffective ways. Moreover, in those few cases, it has tended to target low-level criminals whose involvement in illegal logging is due to poverty. As such, it has created no real deterrent and has encouraged skeptics to further discount the relevance of criminal justice methods. The objective of this paper is to inform policy makers and forestry and law enforcement actors how they can use the criminal justice system in fighting illegal logging. It seeks to mobilize them to take action and address the various criminal acts involved in illegal logging operations. The paper puts forward practical suggestions that can be implemented to achieve a tangible improvement in this fight. Rather than focusing on a single element of the criminal justice system, it provides a broad overview of the topic. Future papers may provide an opportunity to flesh out further detail. 2012-04-27T07:41:41Z 2012-04-27T07:41:41Z 2012-03-14 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15966880/justice-forests-improving-criminal-justice-efforts-combat-illegal-logging 978-0-8213-8978-2 10.1596/978-0-8213-8978-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6011 English World Bank Study CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |