Corruption and environmental crime in Latin America

Jorum Duri, Transparency International

Criminal activity and deforestation in LatinAmerica

Laura Bolton, Institute of Development Studies

DNA from wood - A simple approach facing a challenging matrix - A preliminary study

Renato T. F. Paranaiba, DNA Laboratory, National Institute of Criminalistics, Brazilian Federal Police. SAIS Quadra 7, Lote 23, Brasília, DF, 70610-200, Brazil; Natural Products Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, 70910-900, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
Carlos B. V. Carvalho, DNA Laboratory, National Institute of Criminalistics, Brazilian Federal Police. SAIS Quadra 7, Lote 23, Brasília, DF, 70610-200, Brazil
Renata Silva Paiva, DNA Laboratory, National Institute of Criminalistics, Brazilian Federal Police. SAIS Quadra 7, Lote 23, Brasília, DF, 70610-200, Brazil
Bruno Rodrigues Trindade, DNA Laboratory, National Institute of Criminalistics, Brazilian Federal Police. SAIS Quadra 7, Lote 23, Brasília, DF, 70610-200, Brazil
Marcelo Garcia Barros, Environmental Laboratory, National Institute ofCriminalistics, Brazilian Federal Police. SAIS Quadra 7, Lote 23, Brasília, DF, 70610-200, Brazil
Elisa Palhares Souza, Forest Products Laboratory, Brazilian ForestService. SCEN Trecho 2, Brasília, DF, 70818-900, Brazil
Alexandre Bahia Gontijo, Forest Products Laboratory, Brazilian ForestService. SCEN Trecho 2, Brasília, DF, 70818-900, Brazil
Dâmaris Silveira, Natural Products Laboratory, School of HealthSciences, University of Brasília, 70910-900, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil

Brazil

Effects of illegal logging on Amazonian medium and large-sized terrestrial vertebrates

Elildo A.R. Carvalho Jr., Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade; Faculty of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Science
Eloísa N. Mendonça, Reserva Biológica do Gurupi, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
Alexandre Martins, Projeto Tamanduá
Torbjørn Haugaasen, Faculty of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Environmental Crime in the Amazon Basin: A Typology for Research, Policy, and Action

Adriana Abdenur, Igarapé Institute
Brodie Ferguson, Igarapé Institute
Ilona Szabo de Carvalho, Igarapé Institute
Melina Risso, Igarapé Institute
Robert Muggah, Igarapé Institute

Examining the Scale, Impacts of, and Response to, Illegal Logging in the Global Context

Cao Ngoc Anh

Geointelligence against Illegal Deforestation and Timber Laundering in the Brazilian Amazon

Franco Perazzoni, Social Sustainability and Development (SSD),Universidade Aberta, 1269-001 Lisboa, Portugal; Commissioner of Federal Police, Brasília 70610-902, Brazil
Paula Bacelar-Nicolau, Department of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Aberta, 1269-001 Lisboa, Portugal; Centre for Functional Ecology CEF, Universidade de Coimbra, 3000-453 Coimbra, Portugal
Marco Painho, NOVA Information Management School,Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa, Portugal

How Columbia Regulators Became Purveyors of Illegal Wood

Cesar Molinares
Natalia Moreno

How Drug Cartels Moved into Illegal Logging in Mexico

Deborah Bonello

Improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forest

Isabel J. Jones, Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology,Stanford University
Andrew J. MacDonald, Department of Biology, Stanford University; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
Skylar R. Hopkins, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara; Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University
Andrea J. Lund, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
Zac Yung-Chun Liua, Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University
Nurul Ihsan Fawzi, Alam Sehat Lestari, Sukadana, West Kalimantan
Mahardika Putra Purba, Alam Sehat Lestari, Sukadana, West Kalimantan
Katie Fankhauser, Oregon Health and Science University, School of Public Health
Andrew J. Chamberlin, Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University
Monica Nirmala, Alam Sehat Lestari, Sukadana, West Kalimantan

Law Enforcement against Illegal Logging According to Law Number 18 of 2013 Concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction

Soebagio Boerhan

Mangrove Forests Evolution and Threats in the Caribbean Sea of Colombia

Diego Andrés Villate Daza, Grupo de Investigaciones Marino Costeras GIMAC, Escuela Naval de Suboficiales ARC, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Hernando Sánchez Moreno, Laboratorio de Investigación en Microbiología, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Luana Portz, Department of Civil and Environmental, Universidad De La Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Rogério Portantiolo Manzolli, Department of Civil and Environmental, Universidad De La Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Hernando José Bolívar-Anillo, Laboratorio de Investigación en Microbiología, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
Giorgio Anfuso, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain

Panama’s illegal rosewood logging boom from Dalbergia retusa

Ella Vardeman, University of Georgia; City University of New York, Graduate Center; The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), Institute of Economic Botany
Julie Velásquez Runk, University of Georgia; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama

Peru's Patrones and Their Patrons

James Bargent

Technology Solutions for Supply Chain Traceability in the Brazilian Amazon: Opportunities for the Financial Sector

Brodie Ferguson, Igarapé Institute
Júlia Sekula, Igarapé Institute
Ilona Szabó, Igarapé Institute

The Logging Barons of Catacamas, Honduras

Hector Silva Avalos

Use of Eucalyptus DNA profiling in a case of illegal logging

Madeline G. Roman, Department of Forensic Science, Sam HoustonState University, Huntsville, TX, USA
David Gangitano, Department of Forensic Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
Alejandra Figueroa, Laboratorio de Criminalística Regional Temuco,Policía de Investigaciones de Chile, Región de La Araucanía, Chile
Jaime Solano, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Químicas,Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile
Leonardo Anabalón, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas yQuímicas, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile
Rachel Houston, Department of Forensic Science, Sam HoustonState University, Huntsville, TX, USA