Peter Dauvergne

Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines why and how loggers have resisted and ignored calls for environmental reforms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9780521806619
• ISBN-10: 0521806615
• Artikelnr.: 29339509

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction and Background: 1. Introduction
2. Forest degradation in the Asia-Pacific
Part II. Context: 3. Scientific forestry and environmental failures
4. Environmental reformers and state capacity in the Asia-Pacific
5. The 1997 Asian financial crisis and forestry reforms
Part III. Corporations, Profits, and Uncertainty: 6. Capitalism and corporate structures
7. The nature of profits
8. High uncertainty
Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Fading into history or reimagining commercial forests?
Glossary.