Public policy and the misuse of forest resources
Rapid deforestation in developing countries is making fuel and timber increasingly scarce, causing soil erosion, flooding, and siltation, and destroying unique ecological resources. Population growth and increasing demands for farmland are usually blamed. This book examines the strong profit motives behind the misuse of forest lands, including generous government incentives that encourage forest industries to expand far beyond areas that would normally be commercially viable and policies that underwrite the conversion of forest areas to large ranches, plantations, and agricultural settlements. Based on new, detailed investigations in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brazil, West Africa, and the United States, the essays in this book provide descriptive, analytical, and empirical material on key forest policies and their effects.
- OSTI ID:
- 6040735
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABSTRACTS
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISASTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EROSION
FLOODS
FORESTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LEADING ABSTRACT
MANAGEMENT
MECHANICS
PUBLIC POLICY
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
RESOURCE DEPLETION
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SOIL MECHANICS
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