Scale of illegal logging around the world.

Compiled by the WWF European Forest Programme March 2004 (Contact [e-mail]). Although exact figures are often difficult to obtain, given the illegal nature of the activity, in a number of countries observations and estimates can be made on the scale of illegal logging. More research is currently being undertaken.

EUROPE--Russia, Accession and Candidate Countries  Sources for the
                                                   estimates on illegal
                                                   logging

RUSSIA           27%  North-West Russia            Source: The features
                                                   of illegal logging
                                                   and related trade in
                                                   the Baltic Sea region
                                                   WWF Latvia, 2003
                                                   http://www.panda.org/
                                                   downloads/forests/
                                                   balticillegallogging
                                                   report.pdf
                 50%  Russian Far East             Source: Illegal
                                                   Logging in the
                                                   Southern Part of the
                                                   Russian Far East. WWF
                                                   Russia 2002 http://
                                                   www.wwf.ru/resources/
                                                   publ/book/eng/13/
                100%  of Caucasus chestnut         Source: State Forest
                      (Castanea sativa) is cut     Service of Krasnodar
                      illegally                    region and State
                                                   Customs Committee
ESTONIA          50%                               Source: Illegal
                                                   forestry and Estonian
                                                   timber exports
                                                   Estonian Green
                                                   Movement 2004 http://
                                                   www.taigarescue.org/
                                                   index.php?sub=2&cat
                                                   =41
LATVIA           15-  more in-depth studies need   Source: The Timber
                 20%  to be undertaken             Footprint of the G8
                                                   and China WWF
                                                   International 2002
                                                   http://www.panda.org/
                                                   downloads/forests/G8_
                                                   meeting_June2002.pdf
LITHUANIA      ?     fragmented information available -- see overview
                     facts on illegal logging in Eastern Europe
ROMANIA        ?     is estimated to be a significant issue -- the
                     World Bank and WWF are currently compiling
                     information
BULGARIA       ?     is estimated to be a significant issue -- the
                     World Bank and WWF are currently compiling
                     information
SLOVAKIA       ?     is estimated to be a significant issue -- WWF is
                     currently compiling information
UKRAINE/GUS    ?     fragmented information available -- see overview
                     facts on illegal logging in Eastern Europe
CZECH REPUBLIC ?     fragmented information available -- see overview
                     facts on illegal logging in Eastern Europe
POLAND         ?     fragmented information available -- see overview
                     facts on illegal logging in Eastern Europe
HUNGARY        ?     fragmented information available -- see overview
                     facts on illegal logging in Eastern Europe

ASIA--South East Asia  Sources for the estimates on illegal logging

BURMA        ?         conflict timber/tribal conflicts are estimated
                       to be a big issue
CHINA        20%       Source: The Timber Footprint of the G8 and China
                       WWF International 2002 http://www.panda.org/
                       downloads/forests/G8_meeting_June2002.pdf
INDONESIA    73%       Source: same as China above
MALAYSIA               key transit country for wood products from
                       Indonesia
PAPUA NEW    ?         no adequate information available
GUINEA
SOUTH KOREA  30%       Source: same as Cameroon [under AFRICA]
TAIWAN       45%       Source: same as Cameroon [under AFRICA]
THAILAND     ?         no adequate information available
PHILIPPINES  46%       Source: Forest Law Enforcement Worldbank http://
                       www.worldbank.org/devforum/files/overview.doc
VIETNAM      22%-39%   Source: Forest Sector Review Vietnam 2000
LAOS         45%       Source: WWF estimates 1998/99
CAMBODIA     94%       Source: A Vision fore Forestry Sector Development
                       1999 World Bank Study 1999

Scale Of Illegal Logging Around The World Currently Available Estimates

LATIN AMERICA                      Sources for the estimates
                                   on illegal logging

BRAZIL         80%  Amazon Basin   Source: The Timber Footprint of the
                                   G8 and China WWF International 2002
                                   http://www.panda.org/downloads/
                                   forests/G8_meeting_June2002.pdf
               66%  State of Para  Source State of Conflict Greenpeace
                                   2003
BOLIVIA        ?    no adequate information available
COLOMBIA       ?    no adequate information available
PERU           80%  Source: Case Study on the Development and
                    Implementation of Guidelines for the Control of
                    Illegal Logging with a view to Sustainable Forest
                    Management in Peru. The Peruvian Environmental Law
                    Society 2003 http://www.itto.or.jp/ittcdd_ses/
                    download/34th/council/E-C34-15.doc
ECUADOR        70%  Source: Economist 1. Nov. 2003

AFRICA--Central Africa  Sources for the estimates on illegal logging

CAMEROON           50%  Source: The Timber Footprint of the G8 and China
                        WWF International 2002 http://www.panda.org/
                        downloads/forests/G8_meeting_June2002.pdf
EQUATORIAL GUINEA  50%  Source: Same as CAMEROON
GABON              70%  Source: Same as CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN    ?    no adequate information available
REPUBLIC
CONGO              ?    no adequate information available
LIBERIA            80%  Source: Same as CAMEROON
IVORY COAST        ?    no adequate information available
GHANA              60%  Source: Same as CAMEROON
SIERRA LEONE       ?    no adequate information available
GUINEA             ?    no adequate information available