RTCC: Brazils drive to nip illicit tree-felling in the bud has shifted the nature of the problem, according to researchers.
Small-scale illegal logging is proportionally speaking on the rise, says a report by the Climate Policy Initiative and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Deforestation rates fell nearly 80% from 27,000 sq km in 2004 to 5,000 km2 in 2012, following a strict regime of regulation, monitoring and enforcement.
But over the same period, destruction of patches...