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Author: Jean Gérard
Publisher: Editions Quae
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 1002
ISBN-13: 2759227987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis atlas presents technical information for professionals who process and use temperate or tropical timber. It combines the main technical characteristics of 283 tropical species and 17 species from temperate regions most commonly used in Europe with their primary uses.
Author: Edward B Barbier
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-09
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 1000709078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1994, The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trade and forest degradation. Based on a report prepared for the ITTO, it looks current and future market conditions at the time of publication, and assesses the impacts on current and future market conditions, and assesses the impacts on tropical forests of both the international timber trade and domestic demand. The authors examine the causes of deforestation and compare the environmental impacts of the timber trade with other factors, such as the conversion of the forests to agriculture. Finally, they assess the national and international trade policy options, and discuss the potential role of interventions in the international timber trade in promoting efficient and sustainable use of forest resources. The book will be of interest to those concerned with forest management and policy, trade and environment, and with the economics of conversation and resource use.
Author: John Wadsworth
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Karl L. Brockmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 3642517358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value and provides an incentive to burn down forests, making them available for subsequent agricultural use or livestock farming. In contrast, a certification scheme for sustainably produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. Examined here the impact of a certification scheme on German demand for tropical timber. A partial-equilibrium model is developed for the German tropical timber market as a whole as well as for five important submarkets representing 50% of the total demand. The results reveal that a credible certification scheme can induce a significant expansion of demand for sustainably produced tropical timber. This holds true for a scheme restricted to Germany as well as for an OECD-wide approach.
Author: Panayotis N. Varangis
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 38
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David J. Brooks
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jenne H. de Beer
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: F. Gale
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1998-09-14
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0230371523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGale explains why international negotiations have not produced a sustainable solution to tropical rainforest degradation. Using an innovative, critical approach to international regimes, the author analyzes the structure and operation of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). He shows how the timber industry and producing- and consuming-country governments created a blocking alliance that favoured developmentalist interests and ideas. The ITTO bolstered this alliance by permitting environmentalists merely to voice, but not to negotiate, their concerns.
Author: Ms Lieselot Bisschop
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-04-28
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1472415426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book responds to the call for more research on transnational environmental crime and its governance by investigating the illegal trade in electronic waste (e-waste) and tropical timber, major forms of transnational environmental crime. The book is based on a qualitative multi-method research combining document analysis, interviews with key informants and field visits. Bisschop focuses on the flows that pass through the research setting of the Port of Antwerp (Belgium) and those between Europe and West and Central Africa. The study examines the emergence and social organization of these transnational environmental flows, illustrating that although profit or lure play a very important role, a range of factors on individual, organizational and societal levels together provide the motivations and opportunities. Building on these insights, the book addresses the governance of these two cases. The responsive regulatory pyramid and networked governance are used as theoretical frameworks for this analysis. This book is essential reading for scholars and academics interested in transnational environmental crime and corporate crime, as well as governance studies.
