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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?
No such information is available to the general public even though district officers have that information. In view of the fact that they hold onto to such information, they become “powerful” since they decide when to release and when not to release information.
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