Sentence examples for illegal felling from inspiring English sources

In British Columbia, for example, illegal felling of species such as the western red cedar is a growing problem.

However, illegal felling accounted for 30 percent of the harvest by the early 21st century, and forestry officials feared that the practice was increasing.

"We resolutely oppose and crack down on the illegal felling of timber and relevant trading behavior," he said Thursday during a regular news briefing.

Thus the priority is to preserve "corridors" linking the remnants, so that its fauna have enough space to maintain viable populations without inbreeding.A new environmental law, which came into force last October, is designed to slow the shrinkage of both forests, with heavy fines and up to five years' jail for illegal felling.

At that time, Father Edilberto's main concern was stemming the excesses of the soya bean trade which in his view was exacerbating the illegal felling of trees; now he is a sharp critic of the 18 hydro-electric projects which have been planned for the Tapajós river and its tributaries.

The WWF has also developed pilotless special drone aircraft to detect poachers, locate forest fires and detect illegal felling of trees.

In parallel, satellite images were cross-referenced with databases of logging permits to identify areas likely to harbour illegal tree felling.

However, during field work, signs of illegal tree felling were observed.

Whilst in the deep, lush forests of the Congo Basin having enough well-trained people to monitor illegal tree felling and poaching is almost impossible.

An early focus was to establish the boundaries of the national forests and to prevent, or respond to, unauthorized uses (such as illegal timber felling, unauthorized mining, agricultural encroachment).

Despite that China is now considered the world's largest importer of illegally felled logs, few Chinese have thought about the problems caused by illegal logging.