UID:
almafu_9958098049502883
Format:
xvii, 284 pages :
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col. illustrations , color maps ;
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24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-62194-X
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9786610621941
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0-8213-6736-6
Series Statement:
World Bank policy research report
Content:
Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. At Loggerheads seeks to describe ways to reconciles pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests and poverty. It looks at how policies - modulated by local conditions - act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeof
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Setting the Stage: Two Contrasting Cases of Poverty, Wealth, Biodiversity, and Deforestation; Part I: The Where and Why of Deforestation and Forest Poverty; Maps; Part II: Institutional and Policy Responses; Appendix A: Tables; Appendix B: Data and Methods; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6735-8
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6735-3
