Put much better than I could have! Hopefully also understood by a broad range of people. Few seem to get it when I try to tell them that demanding more laws from the very people who are allowing these issues to occur in the first place is not going to get you what you want. They won't enforce anything unless it's in their own best interest, so you might get that law to prevent logging in a certain area and they'll happily use it to reel in money from fines from small companies who might stray a bit far, or maybe people collecting firewood there, but when a big company comes along who can offer way more reward than that, they'll turn a blind eye or make a clause.
Thanks @minismallholding. I think we often see people in power create problems or just let them happen so that they can provide solutions that benefit them.
I believe it is a problem with the system. It is is difficult to change the system because the people that run the system benefit form it the most.