Controlling Tropical Deforestation

Author : Alan Grainger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134064427

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Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect. But, despite widespread concern for over twenty years, only limited progress has been made in controlling deforestation and improving forest management in the humid tropics. In this book Alan Grainger offers afresh analysis of the causes of deforestation and presents an integrated strategy for controlling it. His strategy embraces agriculture, forestry and conservation and stresses the need for changes in government policies if land use is to be made more sustainable and the underlying causes of the problem are to be addressed. Controlling Tropical Deforestation is essential reading for policy makers, agronomists, foresters, conservationists and development professionals. To general readers and students on introductory courses at schools and universities it also offers the first concise but comprehensive overview of the causes, scale and consequences of deforestation. Alan Grainger is a lecturer in geography at the University of Leeds. He is author of The Threatening Desert: Controlling Desertification, also published by Earthscan. Originally published in 1992

Author : A. GRAINGER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1056006567

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Author : Katrina Brown,David W. Pearce
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000924664

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The Causes of Tropical Deforestation by Katrina Brown,David W. Pearce Pdf

The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique – a form of ‘environ-metrics’ – to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as varied as poverty, external debt, multinational logging companies, government corruption, the IMF, population growth, and non-sustainable agriculture.

Author : C. J. Jepma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317971719

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Tropical Deforestation by C. J. Jepma Pdf

The depletion of the tropical rain forests has attracted considerable attention in recent times, and the serious consequences for the global biosphere are widely acknowledged. Yet deforestation continues apace, and in some areas (for example, southeast Asia) the very existence of the forests is seriously threatened. Contrary to popular belief, evidence suggests that local economic and living conditions are more significant in this than timber exploitation for exports to the Northern countries. Tropical Deforestation - A Socio-Economic Approach offers a new perspective on the economic imperatives which encourage indigenous populations to encroach upon their own forests, and shows how action against deforestation must form part of a wider movement to improve both the living conditions of the local inhabitants and the durability of their national economies. Part 1 offers an overview of the processes surrounding deforestation, and an assessment of the current situation. Part 2 analyses the land-use issues, and explains the socioeconomic imperatives in the affected regions. In an absorbing conclusion. Part 3 guides the reader through a series of hypothetical policy scenarios, using a specially adapted economic computer model, to predict which combinations of policies and trade arrangements might bring about a more beneficial state of affairs.

Author : Robert T. Deacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Deforestacion
ISBN : UCSD:31822015000128

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A simple general equilibrium model - representing salient aspects of the deforestation process - generates first- and second-best policy options for controlling deforestation and helps to assess the environmental consequences of government policies often cited in the literature on deforestation.

Author : Leslie Elmer Sponsel,Thomas N. Headland,Robert Converse Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0231103190

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Tropical Deforestation by Leslie Elmer Sponsel,Thomas N. Headland,Robert Converse Bailey Pdf

While many studies of tropical deforestation neglect the indigenous people of the forests, this book illuminates the insights local people have into conservation of their ecosystems, the effects of habitation on those ecosystems, and the impact of development and natural resource depletion on their lives. The book includes coverage of Central and South America, Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Author : Brian Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : UCSD:31822020523023

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Responding to Tropical Deforestation by Brian Johnson Pdf

Author : Katrina Brown,David W. Pearce
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000924688

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The Causes of Tropical Deforestation by Katrina Brown,David W. Pearce Pdf

The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique – a form of ‘environ-metrics’ – to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as varied as poverty, external debt, multinational logging companies, government corruption, the IMF, population growth, and non-sustainable agriculture.

Author : Sharon L. Spray,Matthew David Moran
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0742534820

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Tropical Deforestation by Sharon L. Spray,Matthew David Moran Pdf

Tropical Deforestation introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the deforestation. Contributions from scientists and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial 'tool kit' for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of deforestation.

Author : C. J. Jepma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317971726

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Tropical Deforestation by C. J. Jepma Pdf

The depletion of the tropical rain forests has attracted considerable attention in recent times, and the serious consequences for the global biosphere are widely acknowledged. Yet deforestation continues apace, and in some areas (for example, southeast Asia) the very existence of the forests is seriously threatened. Contrary to popular belief, evidence suggests that local economic and living conditions are more significant in this than timber exploitation for exports to the Northern countries. Tropical Deforestation - A Socio-Economic Approach offers a new perspective on the economic imperatives which encourage indigenous populations to encroach upon their own forests, and shows how action against deforestation must form part of a wider movement to improve both the living conditions of the local inhabitants and the durability of their national economies. Part 1 offers an overview of the processes surrounding deforestation, and an assessment of the current situation. Part 2 analyses the land-use issues, and explains the socioeconomic imperatives in the affected regions. In an absorbing conclusion. Part 3 guides the reader through a series of hypothetical policy scenarios, using a specially adapted economic computer model, to predict which combinations of policies and trade arrangements might bring about a more beneficial state of affairs.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01565628D

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Tropical Deforestation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations Pdf

Author : Jin-Bee Ooi
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9971691833

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Tropical Deforestation by Jin-Bee Ooi Pdf

This study addresses the now familiar problem of topical deforestation from an unfamiliar angle. More specifically, the author focuses on the time factor in the natural regeneration of the tropical rain forest. He examines the economics and practical implications of the very long period of time needed for such forests to regrow, and concludes that the tyranny of time makes it unlikely that the process of deforestation in the tropical rain forest countries can be halted.

Author : F. Gale
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230371521

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The Tropical Timber Trade Regime by F. Gale Pdf

Gale explains why international negotiations have not produced a sustainable solution to tropical rainforest degradation. Using an innovative, critical approach to international regimes, the author analyzes the structure and operation of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). He shows how the timber industry and producing- and consuming-country governments created a blocking alliance that favoured developmentalist interests and ideas. The ITTO bolstered this alliance by permitting environmentalists merely to voice, but not to negotiate, their concerns.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781437931815

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Deforestation and Climate Change by Anonim Pdf

Author : Herwig Cleuren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173016612532

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Paving the Road for Forest Destruction by Herwig Cleuren Pdf