The Illegal Logging Crisis in Honduras: How U.S. and E.U. imports of illegal Honduran wood increase poverty, fuel corruption and devastate forests and communities
By Environmental Investigation Agency
One of the poorest countries in Latin America, Honduras is losing up to $18 million a year in lost stumpage fees and other forest-based revenue. Yet this is only the tip of the iceberg of a massive, nationwide, resource rip-off by major timber and wood product producers and their high level political backers. An estimated 80% of mahogany and up to 50% of pine — Honduras’ main timber export — is produced in violation of government regulations.
Washington, DC: Environmental Investigation Agency, 2005. 48p.