The European Union’s instruments on fighting illegal logging – selected legal issues

Adriana Kalicka-Mikołajczyk

doi:10.25167/osap.1885

Published: 2020-01-27

Vol. 17 No. 4 (2019)

The European Union’s instruments on fighting illegal logging – selected legal issues

Adriana Kalicka-Mikołajczyk

The Opole Studies in Administration and Law

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1885

Abstract

Illegal logging is a significant problem of major international community concern because it has a devastating impact on some of the world’s most valuable remaining forests and contributes to tropical deforestation and forest degradation. Furthermore, it threatens biodiversity and undermines sustainable forest management, having a negative impact on poverty reduction, sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development. The article presents instruments adopted by the EU in order to combat illegal timber logging. The author describes their material scope and legal character, dividing them into two groups: internal and international legally binding instruments and soft law instruments, in order to answer the question about their legal character and position in the EU legal order and in national orders of the Member States.

Keywords:

Deforestation, forest certification, illegal logging, international forest politics, sustainable forest management, tropical timber trade

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Kalicka-Mikołajczyk, A. (2020). The European Union’s instruments on fighting illegal logging – selected legal issues. The Opole Studies in Administration and Law, 17(4), 53–68. https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1885

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