200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Originally 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... Read more

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Introduction

2. Tropical Forest Resources and International Trade

3. The Timber Trade and Tropical Deforestation

4. The Market for Tropical Timber Products

5. Tropical Forest Policies and the Environment

6. Domestic Market and Policy

7. Trade Interventions in Exporting Countries

8. Trade Interventions in Importing Countries

9. Measures for the Sustainable uses of Forests

10. Assessment of Trade Policy Options

Epilogue

References

Index

Biography

Edward Barbier (Author) ,  Joanne Burgess (Author) ,  Joshua Bishop (Author) ,  Bruce Aylward (Author