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You will see a lot of people following the letter of the law, but not the intent. Where they aren't allowed to log, all of a sudden there will be roads nearby parallel to another road that need to be built through those trees, or fires that break out and "cleanup" needs to be done. I believe the legal term is "incidental take" and I'm sure you can imagine how that can be used.

There are also plenty of countries around the world where rules are just outright ignored, by the people, the police, the government, or all of the above.

It is good to see people take on reforestation projects, especially by groups that care and plant wide varieties of native species, but there is a huge grey timber market around the world.