Logging concessions refer to the rights or permits granted by the government to companies or individuals to harvest or cut down trees in specific areas, usually forests.
Sentences with «logging concessions»
Only 5 percent of fires burned in protected areas and selective logging concessions. (news.mongabay.com)
Indonesia's president signs a two - year moratorium on new logging concessions in the island nation's still - prolific virgin forests, part of a $ 1 billion climate change deal with Norway intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation. (green.blogs.nytimes.com)
The Liberia logging concessions data set combines the boundaries of forest management contracts (FMCs) and timber sale contracts (TSCs), compiled by Global Witness from available government and contractual maps. (globalforestwatch.org)