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The Wild East: Trees in Transit

Analytic report by BROC, Friends of Siberian Forests and Forests Monitor Ltd, October 2001

Contents

Part 1: Introduction and Methodology

Introduction
Methodology

Part 2: Illegal Logging and Corruption

Setting the scene
Impacts of illegal logging on local communities
The protection system in place
Challenges ahead
Strategies used by illegal loggers and exporters

Part 3: Russian-Chinese Gateways and Timber Flows

Current and future trends in timber exports
The structure of Russian customs
Important border crossings for the legal and illegal export of timber
Problems with monitoring

Part 4: Logging and Timber Export Practices: Regional Focus

Krasnoyarski Krai
Irkutsk Oblast
Buryat Republic
Chita Oblast
Amur Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Khabarovski and Primorski Krai

Part 5: Conclusions

Appendix

Photographs

Map of timber flows in the Russian Far East and Siberia



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