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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778482703321

Autore

Poore Duncan

Titolo

Changing landscapes : the development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and its influence on tropical forest management / / Duncan Poore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, April 2003

Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

ISBN

1-136-57008-X

9786610475988

600-00-0279-3

1-4175-2236-4

1-280-47598-6

1-136-57009-8

1-84977-071-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

634.9/0913

Soggetti

Forest management - Tropics

Sustainable forestry - Tropics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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