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Formal rules, informal timber extraction, Central Africa and China

Paolo Cerutti, senior scientist on CIFOR's Forests and Governance research program, highlights the relationship between formal institutions regulating timber extraction and the informal institutions and practices on the ground in Central Africa. Cerutti calls for the need to move away from generalized assumptions of Chinese involvement in the region to acknowledge nuances and individual trends on the ground.

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