Changing Landscapes
Changing Landscapes

Author: Duncan Poore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 113657008X

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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 practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies.

Assessing the International Forest Regime
Assessing the International Forest Regime

Author: Richard Tarasofsky

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9782831704722

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Provides an assessment of the international forest regime, in reponse to calls from many quarters, including the UN Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF) and the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, as well as several NGOs. The focus is mainly on action taken by countries at the global level, in the framework of legally binding instruments and institutions. It builds on previous analyses of the international forest regime by looking beyond the legal mandates to begin exploring the actual performance of the components against their mandates. With the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) Proposals for Action as the point for departure, the effectiveness and impact of individual legal instruments and global instutions are analyzed, as is the potential for synergy between them.

Links Between Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihoods and Food Security
Links Between Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihoods and Food Security

Author: Sue Mainka

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 2831706386

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The global use of wild animals for meat is now the primary illegal activity in many protected areas, and growing human populations and a lack of livelihood options suggest that demand for wild meat is likely to continue to rise. This Occasional Paper contains the background information presented to participants at a workshop jointly organized by IUCN, FAO and TRAFFIC in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The workshop aimed to forge functional links among the various stakeholders concerned with the unsustainable use of wild fauna for food, and it contains the communiqué and a summary of the discussions related to problems and solutions.

Gabon
Gabon

Author: World Trade Organization Staff

Publisher:

Published: 2003-12

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780890595763

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The Trade Policy Review Mechanism, a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is designed to contribute to improving adherence by all WTO members to rules, disciplines, and commitments made under the Multilateral Trade Agreement. Each volume in the series provides information on the trade policies, practices, and macroeconomic situations of a specific WTO member nation.

Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World
Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

Author: Laura Anne German

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1136545514

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Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences to date on the extent and nature of decentralization and its outcomes - most of which suggest an underperformance of governance reforms - and explores the viability of different governance instruments in the context of weak governance and expanding commercial pressures over forests. Findings are grouped into two thematic areas: decentralization, livelihoods and sustainable forest management; and international trade, finance and forest sector governance reforms. The authors examine diverse forces shaping the forest sector, including the theory and practice of decentralization, usurpation of authority, corruption and illegality, inequitable patterns of benefits capture and expansion of international trade in timber and carbon credits, and discuss related outcomes on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. The book builds on earlier volumes exploring different dimensions of decentralization and perspectives from other world regions, and distills dimensions of forest governance that are both unique to Africa and representative of broader global patterns. The authors ground their analysis in relevant theory while drawing out implications of their findings for policy and practice.