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

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

40102 - Forestry

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Public recreation and landscape protection - with nature hand in hand: Conference proceeding

ISBN

978-80-7509-487-2

ISSN

2336-6311

e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

85-91

Název nakladatele

Mendelova univerzita v Brně

Místo vydání

Brno

Místo konání akce

Brno

Datum konání akce

1. 5. 2017

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000411915000014