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2010 > Logging operations

Logging operations

Once a logging permit or concession has been finalised and issued, are citizens informed about subsequent logging operations?

No. The decisions that have been approved for permits and concessions, as well as their corresponding Forest Management Plans, are not published. Citizens are not informed about the activities of logging operations.

Are local people informed of where permits holders will be / are operating, so that they are aware operations should be happening in their area, and to give them the opportunity to know if loggers are legally in that location?  Read the report...

Is information on logging locations given to the public?

Yes, digital base map of forest concessions is available at the National Forest Authority, but this is not published on the website. Access to the map is possible through a request pursuant to Resolution Jefatural N º 257-2004-INRENA
General maps marking the location of concessions was made available this year on the DGGFS (MINAG) website. These do not allow the identification of specific holders. Read more...
In addition to any consultation on the general location, timing and allocations of logging concessions (these were covered in the previous 'permits' Theme), are stakeholders subsequently given a chance to comment on the location / impact / mitigation of logging at the local level, for example as part of developing a forest management plan?  Read the report...

Is there a stakeholder consultation process on individual logging locations?

No, There is no public hearing process for the preparation, approval and implementation of management plans The local actors have the opportunity to comment to the rights’ holders through Forest Management Committees. However the promotion and strengthening of committees was not prioritized by the National Forest Authority. Read more...
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)?  Read the report...

Is information on permitted logging volumes (quotas) public?

No, local people do not know the volume of approved wood, nor do they know the volume of timber cut. At a regional level, only rights holders are provided with this information. Read more...
  Read the report...

Are the forest management plans (for logging) public?

No, forest management plans are not published. The national forest authority has not classified information as either public or private, although this is required by the law of transparency and access to public information. At the regional level, only rights holders are given this information. Read more...
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