Analysis of the activities of the environmental prosecutor's office in relation to illegal logging of forest plantations in the Irkutsk region

Illegal deforestation is one of the types of environmental crime. However, this type of crime is usually associated with the illegal export of wood, which causes significant economic damage to the area in which deforestation is carried out. This problem is especially relevant for forest regions located near the border, in particular, for the Irkutsk region, from where timber is illegally exported to China. The Irkutsk Transport Prosecutor’s Office plays an important role in overseeing the enforcement of laws in the logging sector in the Irkutsk region, which carries out inspections at the places of reception and transfer of wood. Supervision of the implementation of legislation in the logging sector is one of the types of prosecutorial supervision. Violations are the most often detected in the sphere of timber turnover.