Publication - 1 January, 2000
In Russia illegal wood logging has become a usual thing, and in some regions the share of illegal timber in the total turnover of logged wood is getting more and more significant. The purpose of the present survey is to sum up the data on illegal forest felling operations violating forestry legislation. Other types of legislation have been touched upon, too, but very slightly. However, even this rough analysis shows that at least 20 percent of timber in Russia is getting logged either illegally or severely violating the existing legislation.