The Human Rights Consequences of Illegal Logging and Corruption in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector
This 75-page report found that more than half of all Indonesian timber from 2003 through 2006 was logged illegally, with no taxes paid. Unreported subsidies to the forestry industry, including government use of artificially low timber market prices and currency exchange rates, and tax evasion by exporters using a scam known as "transfer pricing," exacerbated the losses. Using industry methods, including detailed comparisons between Indonesia's timber consumption and legal wood supply, the report concluded that in 2006 the total loss to Indonesia's national purse was $2 billion.
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ISBN: 1-56432-572-5
ISBN: 1-56432-572-5
- “Wild Money”
- Summary
- Methodology
- Recommendations
- I. Background: A Brief Overview of Indonesia’s Forestry Sector
- II. Indonesia’s Missing Timber
- III. Indonesia’s Missing Timber Revenue
- IV. Anatomy of Corruption in the Forestry Sector
- V. Forest Reform and Anti-Corruption Efforts to Date
- VI. Human Rights Impacts
- VII. International Ramifications
- VIII. Appendix: Methodology for Estimating Timber Revenue Loss
- IX. Acknowledgments








