The Political Economy of Forestry, Logging, and Timber Industries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region
Author: Herb Thompson
Publisher: Murdoch University
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 40
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Author: Herb Thompson
Publisher: Murdoch University
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 40
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael L. Ross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-01-08
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781139432115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars have long studied how institutions emerge and become stable. But why do institutions sometimes break down? In this book, Michael L. Ross explores the breakdown of the institutions that govern natural resource exports in developing states. He shows that these institutions often break down when states receive positive trade shocks - unanticipated windfalls. Drawing on the theory of rent-seeking, he suggests that these institutions succumb to a problem he calls 'rent-seizing' - the predatory behavior of politicians who seek to supply rent to others, and who purposefully dismantle institutions that restrain them. Using case studies of timber booms in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, he shows how windfalls tend to trigger rent-seizing activities that may have disastrous consequences for state institutions, and for the government of natural resources. More generally, he shows how institutions can collapse when they have become endogenous to any rent-seeking process.
Author: Philip Hirsch
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-01-31
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1134690452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe environment in Southeast Asia is now a major issue of topical concern. First book to give analysis in depth of the political processes involved in environmental disputes. Provides a good selection of case studies in the region. Questions the assumption that the middle classes are in the vanguard of the environmental movement.
Author: Michael Lewin Ross
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Dauvergne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-10-15
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780521001342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorporate loggers have damaged much of the tropical forest throughout the Asia-Pacific over the last four decades. Despite a steady rise in global and local concern, few firms have changed their practices. Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific examines why and how loggers have resisted and ignored calls for environmental reforms. Concentrating on the period after 1990, the book explains what is happening on the ground and highlights the structures within which firms and governments operate. Within this broader context the author considers a range of factors including: the science of tropical forest management, the capacity of states to regulate and enforce rules, the relative power of environmental reformers, and the 1997-9 Asian financial crisis. This is a constructive, insightful approach to a depressing, yet urgent, problem. It will be accessible to academic and student readers as well as those in corporations, government and NGOs.
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 632
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ken-ichi Abe
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781876843540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing an interdisciplinary approach to debates about the future of tropical forests in Southeast Asia, the authors - experts in their field - unravel the extent to which the interests of local inhabitants, nation-states and international environmental movements are intertwined. This volume, a joint publication with Kyoto University Press, examines the highly politicized context in which local forestry problems intersect with global market forces, focusing on the social and economic diversity of different tropical forests and their specific historical background. It emphasizes the importance of examining local issues in their own right.
Author: Ken-ichi Abe
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781876843540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing an interdisciplinary approach to debates about the future of tropical forests in Southeast Asia, the authors - experts in their field - unravel the extent to which the interests of local inhabitants, nation-states and international environmental movements are intertwined. This volume, a joint publication with Kyoto University Press, examines the highly politicized context in which local forestry problems intersect with global market forces, focusing on the social and economic diversity of different tropical forests and their specific historical background. It emphasizes the importance of examining local issues in their own right.
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 494
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andreas Schloenhardt
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe illegal trade in timber and timber products leads to economic losses in many countries as well as environmental degradation. International policy exists to curtail some of the trade, but there are still clandestine operations by large organisations and criminal networks. This report examines the scale of the illegal timber trade in the Asia-Pacific region, encompassing the processes and current trends in logging, sourcing, trafficking, manufacturing, importing and consumption of illegal timber and timber products. Assessments of countries' timber resources, extent of illegal logging, policies and legislation, and enforcement initiatives show the efficacy of local, regional, national and international legislative frameworks and actions to suppress illegal trade. The report highlights the need for cooperative policies and regulations between countries to resolve sovereignty issues, share information and develop standards. Issues addressing monitoring the transit of timber and timber products would identify weaknesses in governance, laws, policies and enforcement. Potential research that identifies the causes of the trade, economic dimensions and legal frameworks combined with government intelligence would inform policymaking.