| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280). |
| Contents |
The rise and fall of forests -- Sustainable forest management: a response to destruction -- Genesis of a treaty: the ITTA takes shape -- ITTO's early days: optimism and experiment -- First assessment: living in a fool's paradise -- From Abidjan to Bali: a radical new agenda -- The case of Sarawak -- Ferment, 1990-1992 -- Tropical forests, or all forests? renegotiating the ITTA -- Has the tropical timber trade any leverage? policies, 1991-1995 -- The many roads from UNCED -- ITTO's road to 1995: ENGOs diverge -- 1995-2000: getting on with the job -- Year 2000 report: the curate's egg? -- Reaction: false start, new energy -- Policies into action: some case studies -- ITTO: agent of change -- Changing landscapes, future prospects -- Appendices. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims policies and achievements through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International Tropical Timber Organization.
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International Tropical Timber Organization. |
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Organisation internationale des bois tropicaux. |
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Forest management -- Tropics.
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Forest management. |
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Tropics. |
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Sustainable forestry -- Tropics.
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Sustainable forestry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poore, Duncan. Changing landscapes. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003 (DLC) 2003003706 (OCoLC)51647640 |
| ISBN |
9781849770712 (electronic book) |
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1849770719 (electronic book) |
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1417522364 (electronic book) |
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9781417522361 (electronic book) |
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9781136570094 (electronic book) |
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1136570098 (electronic book) |
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1280475986 |
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9781280475986 |
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1853839906 (hardback) |
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9781853839900 (hardback) |
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1853839914 (paperback) |
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9781853839917 (paperback) |
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