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

forests. Research needs to invest in the identification and promotion of such opportunities. To achieve broader success in the fight against il- legal and destructive forest use, however, requires a better understanding of the carrying capacity of our world, the nature of economic actors, and responsi- bility in this complex setting. Honesty and aware- ness is a fundamental prerequisite for effective action (Kollmuss and Nagyeman, 2002). This would provide the basis for a profound transformation from a mass- consumption society towards one that prioritizes envi- ronmental and social goals over material well-being: a noble task for academia.

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