1st Edition
Bad Harvest The Timber Trade and the Degradation of Global Forests
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with disastrous consequences. Demand for wood and paper products ranks high amongst the causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and is now the major cause of loss in those forests richest in wildlife. There is a great deal to be done to improve the timber industry before our forests are safely and sustainably managed.
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A Vision for Forests * A Global Forest Crisis * The Timber Trade: A Changing Global Structure * Logging in Natural and Semi-natural Forests * Intensification of Management in Secondary Forests * Pulp, Paper and Pollution * Policy-based Solutions to Forestry Problems * Forest-based Solutions * Market-based Solutions * A strategy for Forests * Conclusions * Appendix * Notes and References * Index
Biography
Nigel Dudley has worked on forestry issues for over 10 years, with Earth Resources Research, WWF, and Friends of the Earth. Jean-Paul Jeanreaud is head of WWWF International's Forest Programme, and Frances Sullivan is leader of WWWF's 'Forests for Life' campaign.
