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

4 DRIVERS OF ILLEGAL AND DESTRUCTIVE FOREST USE

Chapter 4 Drivers of Illegal and Destructive Forest Use

Lead author: Benno Pokorny Contributing authors: Pablo Pacheco, Paolo Omar Cerutti, Tim Boekhout van Solinge, Gabrielle Kissinger and Luca Tacconi

CONTENTS

4.1 Congruence Between the Drivers of Deforestation, Forest Degradation and Illegal Logging

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4.2 Rationalities of Individual Decisions

4.2.1 Decision-making

4.2.2 Rationality of Resource Users

4.2.3 Land Use Options

4.3 Contexts

4.3.1 Current Situation

4.3.2 Future Trends

4.4 Forest Governance

4.4.1 Forest Governance Initiatives 4.4.2 Reasons for Limited Success

4.5 Conclusions

References

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