1 option
Cut and run [electronic resource] : illegal logging and timber trade in the tropics / edited by Rob Glastra.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logging--Corrupt practices--Tropics.
- Logging.
- Lumber trade--Corrupt practices--Tropics.
- Lumber trade.
- Deforestation--Tropics.
- Deforestation.
- Forests and forestry--Tropics.
- Forests and forestry.
- Rain forests.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, Ont. : International Development Research Centre, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 simple matter of enacting new laws and enforcing new regulations — the rules already exist. If countries are to manage their forest sustainably they must implement existing laws effectively, and they must do so now! Cut and Run offers readers valuable insight on how this might be done.
- Contents:
- 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
- Appendix 2 Friends of the Earth InternationalAppendix 3 Acronyms and Abbreviations; Bibliography;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-112).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-71740-8
- 9786610717408
- 1-55250-053-5
- OCLC:
- 181843306
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.