| Description |
xiii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
A World Resources Institute book |
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World Resources Institute book.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Overview Robert Repetto; 2. Indonesia: public policies, resource management, and the tropical forest Malcolm Gillis; 3. Malaysia: public policies and the tropical forest Malcolm Gillis; 4. Incentive policies and forest use in the Philippines Eufresina L. Boado; 5. Price and policy: the keys to revamping China's forestry resources Li Jinchang, Kong Fanwen, He Naihui and Lester Ross; 6. Public policy and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon John O. Browder; 7. West Africa: resource management policies and the tropical forest Malcolm Gillis; 8. Subsidized timber sales from national forest lands in the United States Robert Repetto; 9. Conclusion: findings and policy implications Malcolm Gillis and Robert Repetto; Index of topics |
| Summary |
This book documents how government policies affecting taxation, credit, timber concessions, and public investment contribute to deforestation and the misuse of forest resources in both the developing and the developed worlds. Ten case studies - of the United States, Braxil, China, the Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Liberia, Ghana, Gabon, and the Ivory Coast - show how forests have bben sacrificed to make quick profits and how many such ventures are intrinsically uneconomic but are supported by generous public subsidies. The authors argue that deforestation results not just from population growth or landlessness, but also from misguided government decisions. They convincingly describe the serious fiscal and economic losses such decisions entail and propose policy changes that can preserve forest resources without interfering with other economic objectives |
| Analysis |
Africa, Western |
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Brazil |
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Case studies |
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China |
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Deforestation |
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Developing countries |
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Forests |
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Government policy |
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Indonesia |
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International comparisons |
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Malaysia |
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Natural resources: Forests Exploitation Policies of governments |
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Overseas item |
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Philippines |
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United States |
| Notes |
"A World Resources Institute book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Notes |
Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
| Subject |
Deforestation -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Forest policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Deforestation |
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Developing countries |
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Forest policy |
| Author |
Gillis, Malcolm.
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Repetto, Robert C.
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World Resources Institute.
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| LC no. |
87033815 |
| ISBN |
0521335744 (paperback) |
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0521340225 |
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