Ukraine’s forests at risk: corruption and illegal logging raise concerns for EU market, says new report

Recently, a report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) pointed out that Ukraine's timber industry has become the country's third most corrupt industry. The report allegedly reveals serious problems in Ukraine's timber trade, including large-scale illegal logging and smuggling, as well as poor government supervision. This finding has aroused international attention to the management and protection of Ukraine's forest resources. According to WWF, one in every two trees harvested in Ukraine over the past five years was felled through a process called "sanitary logging." This method of logging often involves designating trees in ...