67. The Special Rapporteur recognizes that on this issue, as well as others, theGovernment believes that it is being blamed for actions taken — or not taken — by thetransitional Government. The Government assured the Special Rapporteur, as it has done to54 Decision 16.152 of the Conference of the Parties, annex 3. According to the Government in itssubmission to the sixty-seventh meeting of the Standing Committee in September 2016 (SC67 Doc.19.2 (Rev. 1), para. 3.2.1), it has seized about 28,000 logs, another 274,000 have been declared byrosewood operators and approximately 2 million remain hidden. Rosewood trafficking appears tofollow a cycle, in which the illegal loggers accumulate logs and hide them during periods ofheightened attention, waiting for the next opportunity to export the logs to foreign markets. HeryRandriamalala and Zhou Liu, “Rosewood of Madagascar: between democracy and conservation”,Madagascar Conservation and Development, vol. 5, No. 1 (June 2010).
67. The Special Rapporteur recognizes that on this issue, as well as others, the Government believes that it is being blamed for actions taken — or not taken — by the transitional Government. The Government assured the Special Rapporteur, as it has done to 54 Decision 16.152 of the Conference of the Parties, annex 3. According to the Government in its submission to the sixty-seventh meeting of the Standing Committee in September 2016 (SC67 Doc. 19.2 (Rev. 1), para. 3.2.1), it has seized about 28,000 logs, another 274,000 have been declared by rosewood operators and approximately 2 million remain hidden. Rosewood trafficking appears to follow a cycle, in which the illegal loggers accumulate logs and hide them during periods of heightened attention, waiting for the next opportunity to export the logs to foreign markets. Hery Randriamalala and Zhou Liu, “Rosewood of Madagascar: between democracy and conservation”, Madagascar Conservation and Development, vol. 5, No. 1 (June 2010).