Demand for timber has surged recently, particularly from China, creating investments into the timber industry in Africa. However, weak national forest governance systems exist in the supplier countries. This presentation covers the log-export ban in both Mozambique and Gabon. With evidence from these two cases supporting the same conclusion: log-export bans are ineffective. CIFOR Scientist Sigrid Ekman and Anne Terhegen, a representative of ICRAF as our partner on this project presented.
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