Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars – here's how to curb it
- Written by Kenneth E. Wallen, Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, University of Arkansas
Illegally logged rosewood in Antalaha, Madagascar, 22 February 2005.Erik Patel, CC BY-SA
If a tree falls in the forest, do you care how it was brought down?
Few people think about where the wood in their furniture, floors or doors comes from or how it got there. And few would guess that one of the most illegally traded wild products worldwide is a...