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2010 > Logging operations > Is information on permitted logging volumes (quotas) public?
Logging operations
Once all preparations and forest management plans are completed and logging operations start, can local people find out how much timber is permitted to be extracted (for example on an annual basis from a specific area)?
Is information on permitted logging volumes (quotas) public?
Populations and public do not have information on permitted logging volumes or quotas as they do not have access to forest management plans and annual cutting permits. Most of the time, this information is confidentially kept by MINFOF, the Ministry of Finance and forest companies who always overestimate these volumes to allow some manoeuvres. Note that each year the Ministry issues the list of all forest species to be exploited with their exploitable volumes. However, these figures are based on unrealistic calculations and extrapolations, and are not public.
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