 The principal issues around forestry is the need to sustainably manage our forests. These are a valuable natural resource for many countries that provide much-needed revenue for their sustainable development. They protect the livelihoods of local people. But if those forests are not managed properly through legal operations, through over-exploitation against the laws of the country, then these countries are losing their natural resources. And the people engaged in illegal logging operations and over-exploitation of the forests are often doing so in contravention of the law. They move into a region quickly, they extract what they can as fast as possible, and then they get out. And they leave behind very damaged ecosystems and very damaged environments.