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Forests and climate change: global understandings and possible responses
Policy Studies Institute, UK, 2006This is the draft report of a scoping study for the Forestry Commission on forests and climate change. The report discusses the role that sustainable forest management can play in mitigating climate change.DocumentForests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon
Center for International Forestry Research, 2006This paper addresses the state of illegal forest activities (IFA) in Cameroon with particular attention to environmental outcomes and implications for livelihoods.DocumentThe formation of the Brazilian environmental movement
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005Drawing on new perspectives for analysing social movements, this paper blends a variety of concepts – political opportunity structure, micro-mobilisation contexts, collective identity formation, framing processes and mobilising strategies – to examine the formation of the Brazilian environmental movement from the 1970s through to the 1990s.DocumentForests, agriculture, poverty and land reform: the case of the Indonesian Outer Islands
Crawford School of Economics and Government, Austailian National University, 2006The promotion of forestry activities is seen as a means by which to reduce poverty while protecting the environment. But if clearing of forests for agricultural activities can prove more profitable, will such efforts be effective?DocumentForest ethics: the role of ethical dialogue in the fate of the forests
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004Natural forests, particularly tropical rainforests cannot compete, in terms of revenue generated per unit area, with land use alternatives (such as cattle, soybean or palm oil). Yet continued conversion of natural forests to other land uses may have catastrophic consequences for global human well being.DocumentTime and temperance: how perceptions of time shape forest ethics and practice
Forestry and Land Use Programme, IIED, 2005This paper argues that natural forests cannot compete in terms of generating revenue per unit area with land use alternatives such as intensive agriculture or forest plantations.DocumentManaging the environment for development and to sustain pro-poor growth
Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006The main finding of the paper is that resource-intensive development in Asia has been achieved at significant environmental cost. Environmental issues such as deforestation, pressure on water supplies, and pollution from industry and energy use pose real limits to further economic growth. In many Asian countries, the cost is equivalent to one third or more of Gross National Savings.DocumentGlobal forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management
Forestry Department, FAO, 2005This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.DocumentAssessment of non-wood forest products and their role in the livelihoods of rural communities in the Gash-Barka region, Eritrea
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006In Eritrea, forest resources and vegetation cover are under serious threat and both the areas under forest cover and their quality are declining.DocumentPartners in crime: the UK timber trade, Chinese sweatshops and Malaysian robber barons in Papua New Guinea’s rainforest
Greenpeace International, 2005This document traces the production of Chinese hardwood and plywood from its origins in the forests of Papua New Guinea to the sweatshops of China and on to British builders and merchants.Based on investigations by Greenpeace, the document accuses the UK timber trade of fuelling illegal production of plywood and hardwood thus encouraging the destruction of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests.Pages