Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade - Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses: A Global Scientific Rapid Response Assessment Report

1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Illegal Logging and Associated Timber Trade

Lead authors: Daniela Kleinschmit, Sina Leipold and Metodi Sotirov

CONTENTS

1.1 Definition and Scope of the Problem 14 1.2 Context of the Assessment: A Brief History of Framing Illegal Logging and RelatedTimber Trade in the Political Arena 16 1.3 Scope and Methodology of the Rapid Response Assessment 18 1.4 Structure of the Assessment Repor t 19 References 20

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