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The Sustainable Development Goals Link to Human Security: An Exploration of Illegal Logging in Vietnam

The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development

ISBN: 978-1-78769-356-2, eISBN: 978-1-78769-355-5

Publication date: 18 November 2020

Abstract

Unsustainable logging and illegal logging for domestic and international trade and trafficking continue to lead to deforestation. It is crucial that Sustainable Development Goal 15 ‘Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss’ is achieved to maintain the livelihoods of people and protect the planet. This is the case in Vietnam as well, where many people, including indigenous groups, rely on the forest for their survival. Drawing on semistructured interviews in Vietnam and a literature review, we investigate how the abuse of forest policies leads to human insecurity. From this, we propose solutions to (1) end unsustainable harvesting and illegal logging (SDG 15.7), (2) integrate the value of forests (culturally and economically) into national and local planning, the development process and poverty elimination strategies (SDG 15.9) and (3) improve the use of forest protection funding provided by international donors.

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Cao, A.N. and Wyatt, T. (2020), "The Sustainable Development Goals Link to Human Security: An Exploration of Illegal Logging in Vietnam", Blaustein, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Pino, N.W. and White, R. (Ed.) The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 513-532. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-355-520201027

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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