World Forests from Deforestation to Transition? / Edition 1

by Matti Palo, Heidi Vanhanen

Overview

This book reports one part of the findings tive, due to vested national and internation- of the research project The Forests in the al interests. South and North - Transition from Defor- This book presents a set of new research estation to Sustainable Forest Policies in findings emerging from our comprehensive Redressing Global Warming. The project research project. The book can be regard- was coordinated and partly funded by the ed as a follow-up to and elaboration of our World Institute for Development Econom- previous research published in 1996 by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Sustainable ics Research of the United Nations University (UNUIWIDER). The Finnish Forestry ChallengesforDeveloping Coun- Forest Research Institute (METLA) and the tries, edited by Matti Palo and Gerardo Institute for Applied Economic Research Mery. (IPEAIDIPES) in Brazil were among the To facilitate coordination, interaction eleven implementing institutesthat contrib- and exchange of information the project uted financially to the research. Director organized three workshops between 1994 Eustaquio J. Reis from IPEA served as the and 1996.The first and last workshops were External Project Coordinator in Rio de Ja- held in Finland and the second one in In- neiro while I acted as the External Project donesia, in cooperation with the Center for Director in Helsinki. International Forest Research (CIFOR).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792366836
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/31/2001
Series:	World Forests , #2
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

I Global Overview and Policies.- Global Prospects on Deforestation and Forest Transition.- II Forest Transition.- South-North Challenges in Global Forestry.- Deforestation and Forest Transition:Theory and Evidence in China.- From Deforestation to Reforestation in New England, United States.- Forest Plantations in the South: Environmental-Economic Evaluation.- III Underlying Causes of Deforestation.- Modeling Causes of Deforestation with 477 Subnational Units.- Demographic and Ecological Factors in FAO Tropical Deforestation Modelling.- Causes of Brazilian Amazon Deforestation.- Deforestation and Forest Policies in Indonesia.- Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in Mhonda area, Tanzania.- Socio-Cultural History of Deforestation in Africa.- Contributors.

Editorial Reviews

This book addresses global and subnational issues concerning the world's forests, societies, and environment from an independent and non-governmental point of view. Fourteen scientists, from both the global north and the global south, consider two simultaneous trends<-- >the gradual shift from forest decrease to forest increase in the north, and the continued deforestation and degradation in the south. They consider the relationship between these two transitions, the role played by scientists, and the involvement of governments. They also make policy recommendations to encourage both social equity and environmental sustainability. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews