Over the last century, many of the world’s ancient forests have disappeared at the hand of man. The urgent need to protect this vanishing resource has long been recognised, and around the globe efforts and resources have been poured into halting the decline.

Yet in spite of these efforts, the destruction of the world’s forests continues, and in many places is actually accelerating. The main reason for this continuing devastation is illegal logging, which is rampant in tropical and non-tropical forests across three continents. More than three
quarters of logging in Brazil and 50 per cent in Cameroon is illegal.¹ As much as a third of Russian timber is stolen,² while in Indonesia the illegal logging rate is estimated to be 80 per cent.³

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