Abstract
Illegal logging has become one the most prominent global forest policy issues. The G8 Illegal Logging Dialogue was launched at the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Singapore in September 2006. This initiative will bring together legislators from the Group of 8 (G8), China, India and other key timber producer countries, such as Brazil, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Congo and Peru. The Dialogue is one of several international initiatives on illegal logging, which include regional ministerial conferences on forest law enforcement and governance (FLEG) in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have issued statements on illegal logging, have organized meetings and prepared reports on the issue, and have included illegal logging in their work programmes. The European Commission has adopted a European forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) action plan. Japan and Indonesia have launched the Asian Forest Partnership, which has illegal logging as one of three focal areas.
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