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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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Informal Employment in the Forest Sector: A Scoping Review

Informal employment has been observed for decades and inevitably accompanies the formal economy globally, and it does not disappear to date along with economic growth. Particularly in developing countries, informal employment has increased beyond expectation.

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This scoping literature review, therefore, aims to identify and analyze the magnitude, causes, characteristics and socioeconomic effects of informal employment in the forest sector on a global scale. The literature analysis reveals that informal employment is predominant in the forest sector. Poverty, lack of education and migration are the causes of informal employment both in general and in the forest sector.
Informal employment in the forest sector has various decent work deficits. At the same time, informal employment in the forest sector has induced and enlarged socioeconomic effects of working poverty and occupational accidents and illnesses.

  • Cui S, Lippe R.S., Schweinle J (2022) Informal Employment in the Forest Sector: A Scoping Review. Forests 2022, 13, 460, doi:10.3390/f13030460
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