Public policies and the misuse of forest resources
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Author
Contributions
- Repetto, Robert C. - Contributor
- Gillis, Malcolm. - Contributor
- World Resources Institute. - Contributor
Publication
1988 - Cambridge University Press, New York
Language
English
Word Count
108,000 words, Guess
Page Count
432 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL18370968M
- ISBN-100521340225
- OCLC Control Number17202840
- OCLC Control Numberpublicpoliciesmi0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number87033815
and 2 more
- Goodreads4139126
- LibraryThing5028356
Classifications
- DDC333.75/09172/4
- LCCHD9768.D44 P82 1988
Description
This book documents how government policies affecting taxation, credit, timber concessions, and public investment contribute to deforestation and the misuse of forest resources in both the developing and the developed worlds. Ten case studies - of the United States, Braxil, China, the Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Liberia, Ghana, Gabon, and the Ivory Coast - show how forests have bben sacrificed to make quick profits and how many such ventures are intrinsically uneconomic but are supported by generous public subsidies. The authors argue that deforestation results not just from population growth or landlessness, but also from misguided government decisions. They convincingly describe the serious fiscal and economic losses such decisions entail and propose policy changes that can preserve forest resources without interfering with other economic objectives.
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