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

This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims policies and achievements through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Poore, Duncan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003.
Subjects:	International Tropical Timber Organization. International Tropical Timber Organization Forest management > Tropics. Sustainable forestry > Tropics. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry. Forest management Sustainable forestry Tropics
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Table of Contents:

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 in 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.

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

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