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Regional Links:

  • A First Look at Logging in Gabon - WRI report addresses rates of forest loss, economic beneficiaries of logging, market diversity, forest regulations and laws, the ability of the Gabonese government to enforce such laws, and efforts at natural resource management.
  • An Overview of Logging in Cameroon - This WRI report uses maps and other indicators to document the extent of logging and identify those engaged in this activity.
  • An Overview of Malaysian Logging Companies - Greenpeace report on the role of Malaysian logging companies' operations in Malaysia, Guyana, Suriname, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Cambodia.
  • Brazil Deforestation and Logging - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Cambodia Timber Export Ban - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Canada's Forests at a Crossroads - Global Forest Watch report provides a look at the scale and magnitude of logging, mining, and other development activities within Canada's forests.
  • Certified Destruction: a briefing on Interfor's operations in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest - 2001 Greenpeace PDF report on Interfor compiles, with photos, information on Interfor's destructive logging operations, and its sham American Forest and Paper Association certifiction.
  • Chile Wood Exports and Subsidies - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Chilean Forest Preservation and the Project River Condor - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Companies involved in West African logging and importing - A PDF list of logging and import companies engaged in the destruction of West Africa's rainforests.
  • Declining Indian Sandalwood Forests and Smuggling - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Deforestation in Cote d'Ivoire - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Deforestation in Indonesia and the Orangutan Population - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Forests Monitor: Sarawak, Malaysia - Maps of logging concessions and background on logging in Sarawak.
  • Ghana Timber and Trade - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Globalization of the Pulp and Paper Industry - Study of the pulp and paper industry using Vietnam as a case study.
  • Indonesia Log Export Ban - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Japan's Imports of Chopsticks and Environmental and Health Impacts - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Logging Burma's Frontier Forests - World Resources Institute on the conditions of the natural forests of Burma, and recent logging activity.
  • Logging Concessions: Cameroon - Maps and fact sheet on logging concessions in Cameroon.
  • Logging Concessions: Central African Republic - Maps and fact sheet on logging concessions in the Central African Republic.
  • Logging Concessions: Gabon - Maps and fact sheet on logging concessions in Gabon.
  • Logging in Congo  Editor's Pick  - Maps of logging concessions and background on logging in Congo.
  • Malaysian Raw Wood Export Ban - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Mexican Deforestation in the Sierra Madre - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Mitsubishi and Daishowa's Involvement in Canadian Deforestation - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Nicaragua Wood Sale to Taiwan - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Nigeria Bendl Region Logging and Political and Economic Repurcussions - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Philippine Wood Exports and Deforestation - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Russian forestry - Russian forest portal. Information about sustainable forestry, Russian forestry legislation, illegal logging, and Russian old growth forests. In both English and Russian.
  • Solomon Islands and Deforestation - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Surinam Wood Exports - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Surinam's Forest Deal with Malaysia - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Thai and Burmese Teak Trade - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Thailand Log Ban - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • The Mosquitia of Honduras: Key Trade and Environment Issues - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Tropical Timber Flow from Central/West Africa Forests to the U.S. Marketplace - A PDF report from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) on the importation of African hardwoods to the United States.
  • Vietnam Timber Exports and Deforestation - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED).
  • Vietnam: a 'paper tiger' in South East Asia? - Article from the World Rainforest Movement bulletin.

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