Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation : International Trade, Poverty and Land Use

ISBN-13: 9781853836664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 150 str.

Solon Barraclough; Krishna B. Ghimire

Opis

There is no clear-cut causal relationship between international trade, agricultural expansion and tropical deforestation. Academics, policy-makers and the public are all tempted by simplistic solutions to complex problems.

Spis treści

Introduction: Social Determinants of Deforestation - A Complex Issue * Principal Questions Guiding the Research * The Case Study Countries * The Extent of Tropical Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in Developing Countries - Recent Land Use * Tropical Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in the Case Study Countries - Public Policy-induced Deforestation in Brazil * Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in Guatemala * China * Malaysia * Linkages with International Trade - Introduction * Brazil * Guatemala * China * Malaysia * Cameroon * Diverse and Changing Linkages * Towards More Sustainable Use of Tropical Agricultural and Forest Resources- Courses and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation in the Case Study Countries * Local-level Constraints and Opportunities * The Crucial Role of National Policies and Institutions * International Reforms * Bibliography * Index

O autorze

Solon L Barraclough and Krishna B Ghimire are researchers at the United Nations research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. Barraclough and Ghimire are co-authors of Forests and Livelihoods (Macmillan, 1995). Ghimire is co-editor (with Michael Pimbert) of Social Change and Conservation * (Earthscan, 1997).