This article examines the different kinds of illegal logging that takes place in Vietnam, challenging the typical approaches to understanding and classifying the various criminal activities involved. We argue that either overlooking the classification of illegal logging or relying solely on illegal timber volumes and legal descriptions to categorise the crime is not sufficient to comprehend its diverse nature. This leads to inappropriate measures to tackle the crime. Instead, this study suggests that illegal logging should be categorised into three types, which are fundamentally distinctive, not only with regard to the volumes of illicit timber and the legislative definitions of the crime, but also (and more importantly) with reference to the attributes of harvesters, the degree of their involvement and their motivations, and the level of organisation involved in criminal commissions.

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对非法采伐进行分类的替代方法：越南案例

本文考察了越南发生的不同类型的非法采伐，挑战了理解和分类所涉及的各种犯罪活动的典型方法。我们认为，无论是忽视非法采伐的分类还是仅仅依靠非法木材数量和法律描述来对犯罪进行分类都不足以理解其多样性的性质。这导致采取不适当的措施来打击犯罪。相反，这项研究建议将非法采伐分为三种类型，它们具有根本的区别，不仅在非法木材的数量和犯罪的立法定义方面，而且（更重要的是）在属性方面收割者的参与程度和动机，