This study outlines a case where the behaviour of farmers in accumulating capital, rather than their poverty as commonly assumed, results in deforestation. Fieldwork was undertaken in the Upper Kerinci region of the island of Sumatera, Indonesia. A financial analysis of the "net income" streams r...
Wibowo, D.H.
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Tisdell, C.A.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia]
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Deforestation and capital accumulation: lessons from the Upper Kerinci region, Indonesia
Numerous published economic models of tropical deforestation are reviewed, in four categories: - a Neo-Malthusian approach, often nebulous and imprecise in terms of causal processes, which sees population pressure as the underlying cause of tropical deforestation; - those focusing on government f...
Proposals for a Legally Binding Global Convention on Forests, debated and rejected at the 1992 UNCED Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, re-surface periodically at international fora. The case for concerted global action rests on the existence of ‘international problems’, where this is the only effec...
Glück, P.
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Tarasoffsky, R.G.
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Byron, R.N.
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Tikkanen, I.
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[Options for strengthening the international legal regime for forests: a report prepared for the European Commission under the study contract B7-8110/96/000221/D4 (proposal for a legally-binding instrument on forest)]
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Options for strengthening the international legal regime for forests: a report prepared for the European Commission under the study contract B7-8110/96/000221/D4 (proposal for a legally-binding instrument on forest)
Proposals for a Legally Binding Global Convention on Forests, debated and rejected at the 1992 UNCED Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, re-surface periodically at international fora. The case for concerted global action rests on the existence of 'international problems', where this is the only effec...
Glück, P.
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Tarasoffsky, R.G.
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Byron, R.N.
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Tikkanen, I.
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[Options for Strengthening the International Legal Regime for Forests. A Report to the European Union under the study contract B7-8110/96/000221/D4 by EFI, IUCN/IELC and CIFOR. Joensuu, Finland. 78 p.]
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Options for Strengthening the International Legal Regime for Forests. A Report to the European Union under the study contract B7-8110/96/000221/D4 by EFI, IUCN/IELC and CIFOR. Joensuu, Finland. 78 p.
The major policy issues and opportunities confronting governments in the Asia-Pacific region in trying to achieve sustainable and equitable use and management of their forests are analysed. The paper identifies trends in the forestry sector, and their broader underlying economic, demographic and ...
Byron, R.N.
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[Challenges and opportunities: policy options for the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific region]
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Challenges and opportunities: policy options for the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific region
This paper attempts to assesses future prospects for forest conservation, especially protected areas, in the Asia-Pacific region to the year 2010, under three scenarios assuming: - continuation of the present level of action and policy environment ('status quo'); - sustained environmental campaig...
Paine, J. R.
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Byron, R.N.
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Poffenberger, M.
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[Status, trends and future scenarios for forest conservation including protected areas in the Asia-Pacific region]
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Status, trends and future scenarios for forest conservation including protected areas in the Asia-Pacific region
The 'major importance of minor forest products' has been increasingly recognised as information about the utilisation, trade and management of NWFPs has grown. This study provides an overview of the significance of NWFPs in the Asia-Pacific region, current and likely future trends of product avai...
Mittelman, A.J.
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Lai,C.K.
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Byron, R.N.
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Michon, G.
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Katz E.
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[Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010]
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Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010