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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782619703321

Autore

Marchak M. Patricia

Titolo

Logging the globe [[electronic resource] /] / M. Patricia Marchak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995

ISBN

1-282-85358-9

9786612853586

0-7735-6561-2

Descrizione fisica

xix, 404 p. : ill., maps

Disciplina

338.1/7498

Soggetti

Logging - Economic aspects

Logging - Environmental aspects

Forests and forestry - Economic aspects

Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-391) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Figures -- Measurements and Abbrevations -- Acknowledgments -- Globalization and Restructuring of the Forest Industry -- Northern Forests Northern Industry -- Northern Forestry in Changing Conditions -- Restructuring the Northern Industry -- The Profligate Century and Its Aftermath in British Columbia: A Case Study -- Japan and the Creation of the Global Forest Industry -- Forests and People in the Southern Hemisphere -- Tropical Forests and Forest Dwellers -- Industrial Forestry in the Southern Hemisphere -- The Tropical Forestry Action Plan and Plantation Forestry -- Thailand, the Land No One Should Use: A Case Study -- Indonesia – Peddlars, Princes, and Loggers: A Case Study -- The Plantation Economy in Brazil: A Case Study -- Chilean Temperate and Plantation Forests: A Case Study -- Conclusion: Sustainable Forests and Communities -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Patricia Marchak examines issues particular to the northern and southern regions and the global effects of trends in each region, using British Columbia, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, and Thailand as full case studies and Malaysia, Myanmar, and other south-east Asian regions as shorter case studies. She also examines Japanese forestry and the



Japanese paper industry. Logging the Globe provides in-depth analyses of the restructuring of the global division of labour; the effect of Japanese demand for pulp; changes in employment, production, land policies, and markets in northern countries; deforestation; plantation forestry; and the influence of European, North American, and Japanese companies on tropical forests and peoples. Marchak considers whether industrial forestry is sustainable and suggests ways in which global demand for forest products can be met in more efficient and more nearly sustainable ways. Logging the Globe presents a global picture of a critically important environmental and social issue. It will be of great interest to professionals in the industry, policy makers and environmental activists, and those concerned with environmental and social issues.