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UNINA9910222203603321 |
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Titolo |
Cut and run [[electronic resource] ] : illegal logging and timber trade in the tropics / / edited by Rob Glastra |
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Ottawa, Ont., : International Development Research Centre, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-71740-8 |
9786610717408 |
1-55250-053-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (132 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Logging - Corrupt practices - Tropics |
Lumber trade - Corrupt practices - Tropics |
Deforestation - Tropics |
Forests and forestry - Tropics |
Rain forests |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-112). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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