Adeline-Cristina Cozma

Babeș-Bolyai University | UBB · Faculty of Business

This study aims to reveal the connection between corruption and shadow economy, on one hand, and deforestation, on the other. The research considers 131 countries from all over the world, in the timeframe between the years 2012 and 2020, and it reveals that corruption and shadow economy positively influence deforestation. Determinants like democrat...

Illegal logging has come to the attention of the public eye for several years. Violent conflicts resulting even into murdering the rangers that tried to protect the forests represent a serious alarm for the general population regarding the extent to which corruption can go. As one of the three pillars of economic and financial crimes, corruption re...

Wood represents one of the most used natural resources: from construction to musical instruments, tools, toys, fuel, shipbuilding, and, not to mention, stationery, as it is indispensable for modern society. Europe has important wood resources, but for some countries, their sustainable exploitation is at least questionable. However, other countries...

With poor quantitative academic research on the topic, this study aims at presenting an accurate picture of how corruption and logging are interconnected, at the international level, as well as in Romania. Researchers need to have a wide and updated view on this phenomenon when trying to find efficient solutions. For this, the most recent available...

Wood is one of the most important natural resources, used in construction and fencing, art (artworks and musical instruments), household uses (utensils and hand tools), wooden toys, furniture, shipbuilding, fuel, and stationary. Therefore, deforestation is an indispensable process to our society. However, deforestation does not have to mean smaller...

The aim of this study is to present the trends and effectiveness of money laundering countermeasures from the perspective of a number of suspicious transactions reported to the Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), a number of analysis results submitted to law enforcement authorities, and the typologies of cases in European Union Member States. In o...

Romania is known all over the globe for its high crime in illegal deforestation. From cold-blood killing of the ones who try to protect the forests, to shell companies involved in exporting the wood that has been illegally cut down, the wooden-mafia is present not only in Romania, but also in Brazil, Indonesia Cambodia, Philippines, Cameroon etc. B...

As a country, Romania tries to communicate abroad its authenticity, intact nature and unique cultural heritage. This message matches perfectly the main attributes associated to Rodna Mountains National Park, as it is the second national park in Romanian. The aim of the research is to identify and analyze the prospects for sustainable development of...

Corruption in forestry is a serious problem, especially in developing countries, which are the hardest hit. In their case, the massive deforestation of forests leads to the maintenance of poverty by depriving these states of an important source of income. In addition to economic losses, corruption in forestry severely affects the environment. The f...

This paper continues previous researches dedicated to highlighting the importance of planning from a managerial point of view and to discussing the regional dimension of planning, to which it adds up the current topic, that of rural tourism planning-features, particularities, approaches, multi-functionality of land use, collaboration and partnershi...

This study refers to sustainability, a much debated concept at global level. Because of the high levels of pollution and limited resources, sustainability has become an international goal. Furthermore, one of the engines for development in emerging economies is, of course, the tourism industry, which is also Romania’s case. Combining these two elem...

The research paper approaches the sustainable tourism topic, which is discussed at national level and has a significant impact upon the economic development and the international image of Romania. Its objectives are to minimize the negative effects on the environment, to protect the cultural heritage and also to offer learning opportunities, includ...