U4 Issue
| 2021
Corruption, informality and power: Explaining the limits to institutional approaches for tackling illegal logging in Peru
How to cite this publication:
Camila Gianella, Maritza Paredes, Lorena Figueroa (2021). Corruption, informality and power: Explaining the limits to institutional approaches for tackling illegal logging in Peru. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2021:11)
Policies and strategies implemented to combat illegal logging in Peru appear to have had limited success. Addressing corruption in the forest sector requires an understanding of the role of political and informal power arrangements that shape individual and collective behaviours. Forest governance outcomes can only be strengthened by considering the networks, actors, powers, and interests that interact with wider conditions.
