Duncan Poore

Changing Landscapes

The Development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and Its Influence on Tropical Forest Management

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781853839917
• ISBN-10: 1853839914
• Artikelnr.: 22161162

Autorenporträt

Duncan Poore is Vice-President of the Commonwealth Forestry Association

Inhaltsangabe

The Rise and Fall of Forests
Sustainable Forest Management: A Response to Destruction
Genesis of a Treaty: The ITTA Takes Shape
ITTO's Early Days: Optimism and Experiment
First Assessment: Living a Fool's Paradise
From Abidjan to Bali: A Radical New Agenda
The case of Sarawak
Ferment 1990-1992
Tropical Forests, or all Forests? Renegotiating the ITTA
Has the Tropical Timber Trade any Leverage? Policies 1991-1995
The Many Roads from UNCED
ITTO's Road to 1995: ENGOs Diverge
1995-2000: Getting on with the Job
Year 2000 Report: The Curate's Egg?
Reaction: False Start, New Energy
Policies Into Action: Some Case Studies
ITTO: Agent of Change
Changing Landscapes, Future Prospects
Appendices
Notes
References
Index