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Logging Concessions Enable Illegal Logging Crisis In The Peruvian Amazon, Matt Finer, Clinton N. Jenkins, Melissa A. Blue Sky, Justin Pine
Logging Concessions Enable Illegal Logging Crisis In The Peruvian Amazon, Matt Finer, Clinton N. Jenkins, Melissa A. Blue Sky, Justin Pine
Department of Earth and Environment
The Peruvian Amazon is an important arena in global efforts to promote sustainable logging in the tropics. Despite recent efforts to achieve sustainability, such as provisions in the US–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, illegal logging continues to plague the region. We present evidence that Peru's legal logging concession system is enabling the widespread illegal logging via the regulatory documents designed to ensure sustainable logging. Analyzing official government data, we found that 68.3% of all concessions supervised by authorities were suspected of major violations. Of the 609 total concessions, nearly 30% have been cancelled for violations and we expect this percentage to …
Ecuador's Yasuni Biosphere Reserve: A Brief Modern History And Conservation Challenges, M Finer, V Vijay, F Ponce, Cn Jenkins, Tr Kahn
Ecuador's Yasuni Biosphere Reserve: A Brief Modern History And Conservation Challenges, M Finer, V Vijay, F Ponce, Cn Jenkins, Tr Kahn
Department of Earth and Environment
Ecuador's Yasuní Man and the Biosphere Reserve—located at the intersection of the Amazon, the Andes mountains, and the equator—is home to extraordinary biodiversity and a recently contacted Amazonian indigenous group known as the Waorani (or Huaorani). Relatives of the Waorani, the Tagaeri and Taromenane, still live in voluntary isolation deep in the reserve, with no peaceful contact with the outside world. The Yasuní Biosphere Reserve also sits atop large reserves of crude oil, Ecuador's chief export, and contains an abundance of valuable timber species. This volatile combination has led to intense conflicts, and subsequently, increased international interest and concern. To …