Domestic timber market and illegal logging: The case of selected lumber markets in Accra, Ghana

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Result on the web
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Domestic timber market and illegal logging: The case of selected lumber markets in Accra, Ghana
Original language description
Illegal logging has gained prominence at both local and international forestry discussions globally over the past decade. This paper analyses four main lumber markets in the capital city of Ghana based on the monitoring of vehicles conveying lumber to market sites. Trading of the lumber are mainly for domestic consumption. Nonetheless, a fraction of the product is exported to nearby countries. Bearing in mind markets together with sales which is not covered by the study and permitting inter-market exchanges, this paper estimates the annual sale of domestic and export consumption to be in the order of 0.5 million m3. In addition to formal export sale of 0.5 million m3 , the total annual sale of wood is approximately 1 million m3 which is equivalent to about 3.2 million m3 of raw wood. This is in excess of the yearly allowable cut. This paper therefore, confirms that constant monitoring of vehicles transporting wood is a reliable and feasible technique for estimating the domestic market size which could uncover further applications. The effectiveness of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative is therefore questioned by the larger formal sector and therefore there is an urgent need for reinforcements and policy reforms.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Public recreation and landscape protection - with nature hand in hand: Conference proceeding
ISBN
978-80-7509-487-2
ISSN
2336-6311
e-ISSN
neuvedeno
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
85-91
Publisher name
Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Brno
Event date
May 1, 2017
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
000411915000014

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