Cut and run : illegal logging and timber trade in the tropics /

Illegal logging and trade in timber is a major cause of forest degradation in the world today. Not only does it threaten biodiversity-rich old growth forests, it also endangers the livelihoods of the traditional communities that are dependent upon them. But controlling this global problem is not a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Glastra, Rob (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©1999.
Subjects:
Logging > Corrupt practices > Tropics.
Lumber trade > Corrupt practices > Tropics.
Deforestation > Tropics.
Forests and forestry > Tropics.
Deforestation > Control > Tropics.
Forest policy > Tropics.
Forêts > Exploitation > Pratiques déloyales > Régions tropicales.
Bois > Commerce > Pratiques déloyales > Régions tropicales.
Déboisement > Lutte contre > Régions tropicales.
Politique forestière > Régions tropicales.
Déboisement > Régions tropicales.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Forest policy
Deforestation > Control
Deforestation
Forests and forestry
Lumber trade > Corrupt practices
Holzhandel
Korruption
Tropischer Regenwald
Regenwouden.
Ontbossing.
Tropics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The World: Understanding the Illegal Logging and Timber Trade; Chapter 2 Brazil: Forest Management at Loggerheads; Chapter 3 Cameroon: Blind Ambition and the Domino Effect; Chapter 4 Ghana: A History of Mismanagement; Chapter 5 Paraguay: The Many Faces of Deforestation; Chapter 6 The Tropics: Comparing the Countries Studied; Chapter 7 Conclusions and Recommendations: Arresting the Chase for Quick Profits; Appendix 1 Resolution on Illegal Timber Trade, Adopted at the 1996 IUCN World Conservation Congress.

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