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UNINA9910808601103321 |
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Autore |
Chomitz Kenneth M |
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Titolo |
At loggerheads? : agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests / / Kenneth M. Chomitz et al |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-62194-X |
9786610621941 |
0-8213-6736-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xvii, 284 pages : col. illustrations , color maps ; ; 24 cm |
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Collana |
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World Bank policy research report |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Tropics |
Deforestation - Environmental aspects - Tropics |
Deforestation - Social aspects - Tropics |
Deforestation - Tropics |
Forest policy - Tropics |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Setting the Stage: Two Contrasting Cases of Poverty, Wealth, Biodiversity, and Deforestation; Part I: The Where and Why of Deforestation and Forest Poverty; Maps; Part II: Institutional and Policy Responses; Appendix A: Tables; Appendix B: Data and Methods; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. At Loggerheads seeks to describe ways to reconciles pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests and poverty. It looks at how policies - modulated by local conditions - act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeof |
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