<P> Logging is the cutting, skidding, on - site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars . </P> <P> In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard . However, in common usage, the term may be used to indicate a range of forestry or silviculture activities . </P> <P> Illegal logging refers to what in forestry might be called timber theft by the timber mafia . It can also refer to the harvesting, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws . The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission or from a protected area; the cutting of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits . </P>

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