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  The untouchables: Forest crimes and the concessionaires - can Cambodia afford to keep them?

  Global Witness, 1999

  An historical record of concessionaire activity in Cambodian forests since 1995, and a critique of the ADB-funded concession review carried out in late 1999.Available in Word and Text verisons and in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
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  Chainsaws speak louder than words

  Global Witness, 2000

  Briefing document on Cambodian forest reforms.Document available in Word and Text formats and available in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
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  Trial by fire: forest fires and forestry policy in Indonesia's era of crisis and reform

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2000

  This report examines the destruction and systematic plunder of Asia's greatest rainforests under former Indonesian president Suharto. The report focuses on the 1997-1998 forest fires in Indonesia that resulted in the burning of 10 million hectares of forests.
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  Population and sustainable development: selected issues of Greater Chittagong

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2000

  The Centre for Policy Dialogue, in association with the Department of Economics, University of Chittagong, organised a Local Level dialogue on the theme of 'Population and Sustainable Development: Selected issues of Greater Chittagong'.The dialogue, held under the aegis of the CPD - UNFPA programme on Population and Sustainable Development, took place in the city of Chittagong at the Ins
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  Environmental profile of Tajikistan

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2000

  Outlines the major environmental problems in Tajikistan, including: (i) natural disasters (ii) Land degradation (iii) Deforestation and desertification (iv) limited availability of clean drinking water (v) low levels of water treatment (vi) deterioration of wildlife and protected areasSolutions to environmental problems:Improved water management: Protection of water bodies from p
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  Structural adjustment and forest resources: the impact of World Bank operations

  World Bank, 2001

  This article looks into the effect structural adjustment has had on forest resources. The article indicates that structural adjustment operations have often been controversial because they are explicitly political.
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  Towards better woodland management in the Sahelian Mali

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1989

  This article begins with an investigation into woodland management in Mali and moves onto a discussion of some of the fundamental practical problems associated with a major part of forest policy in Mali.
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  Roads, lands, markets, and deforestation: a spatial model of land use in Belize

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Will intensifying the road network around market areas produce greater economic returns and less environmental damage than extending the road network into new areas?Rural roads promote economic development but also facilitate deforestation.
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  Forests and climate change: role of forest lands as carbon sinks

  World Forestry Congress, 1997

  Forests potentially contribute to global climate change through their influence on the global carbon (C) cycle.
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  From Dutch disease to deforestation - a macroeconomic link? A case study from Ecuador

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997

  In the literature about macroeconomics and deforestation, it is often supposed that strong foreign exchange outflows (e.g. debt service) increase deforestation, as higher poverty augments frontier migration and natural resources are squeezed to generate export revenues. This paper analyses the opposite phenomenon, i.e.

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