Overview

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. Delacote employs a quantitative approach in order to analyse the plight of tropical forests in the developing world, and in doing so produces a range of interesting conclusions. This methodology fills a crucial research gap in existing studies of forests in a development context – increased use of theoretical tools to interpret real life situations might be beneficial to the field. Therefore, the first objective of this book is to provide a sample of theoretical analysis concerning the forests and development nexus. The second objective is to supply empirical economists with new theoretical insights, with the hope that those results can emerge with conclusive field testing and relevant policy recommendations.

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Author:   Philippe Delacote (Université Nancy 2, France)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9781138224865

ISBN 10:   1138224863
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   07 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Local: Forests and People 1. Agricultural Expansion, Forest Products as Safety Nets and Deforestation 2. Commons as Insurance: Poverty Traps or Safety Nets? Part 3: National: Forest Management, Corruption and Illegal Logging 3. How Concessions’ Size May Influence Systemic Corruption in Forest Harvesting: A theoretical Assessment Part 4: Is Timber Harvesting Related to Deforestation? On the Unsustainable Nature of Timber Harvesting Part 5: Global: Citizen Consumption 5. Political Consumerism and Public Policy: Good Complements against Market Failures? 6. On the Sources of Consumer Boycotts Ineffectiveness

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

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