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At loggerheads? : agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests
- Title
- At loggerheads? : agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests / Kenneth M. Chomitz ; with Piet Buys [and others].
- Author
- Chomitz, Kenneth M.
- Publication
- Washington DC : World Bank, [2007], ©2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Buys, Piet.
- Description
- xvii, 284 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- A World Bank policy research report
- Uniform Title
- World Bank policy research report.
- Alternative Title
- Agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-275) and index.
- Contents
- Setting the stage : two contrasting cases of poverty, wealth, biodiversity, and deforestation -- Pt. I. The where and why of deforestation and forest poverty -- 1. Forests differ -- 2. Incentives and constraints shape forest outcomes -- 3. Poverty in forests stems from remoteness and lack of rights -- 4. Deforestation imposes geographically varied environmental damages -- Pt. II. Institutional and policy responses -- 5. Improving forest governance -- 6. Local and national policies : framing rights and incentives for forest management -- 7. Mobilizing global interests for forest conservation -- 8. Conclusions and recommendations.
- ISBN
- 0821367358
- 0821367366 (electronic)
- 9780821367353
- 9780821367360 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2006032118
- 9780821367353
- OCLC
- ocm71946718
- SCSB-5925351
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries