Title: Number of offences detected against forest laws by category

Description: Data shows number of offences detected against forest laws by category for the year 2012 to 2021

Source: Statistics Mauritus - https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Documents/Statistics/Digests/Environment/Digest_Env_Yr21_26122021.xlsx

https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Statistics/By_Subject/Environment/SB_Environment.aspx

Tags/Topics: Encroachment, illegal possession of wood

Notes:
1. source -Forestry Service, Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security. 
2. laws - include cases taken to court, treated departmentally, outstanding and in which offenders were unknown.

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Uploaded on: December 2023

License: Creative Common License 4.0

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