1st Edition

Forests and Development Local, National and Global Issues

By Philippe Delacote Copyright 2012
160 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book is a fully up to date study of the major issues facing forest conservation and the forestry industry, which considers developments at local, national and global levels. Environmental and development topics relating to each level are discussed – for instance, the use of forest products in a rural poverty context, corruption and forest harvesting and consumption as a political device.... Read more

1. Introduction: Forests and Development  2. Local Issues: Forests and People  3. National Issues: Forest Management, Corruption and Illegal Logging  4. Global Issues: Citizen Consumption

Biography

Philippe Delacote is a Researcher in Environmental Economics at the Laboratory of Forest Economics (INRA, Nancy, France).