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World forests for the future : their use and conservation

Title
World forests for the future : their use and conservation / edited by Kilaparti Ramakrishna and George M. Woodwell.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Ramakrishna, Kilaparti, 1955-
  • Woodwell, G. M.
Description
xx, 156 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
The continuous destruction of forests around the world contributes to global warming and to systematic and progressive impoverishment of land and people. In this book, scientists, legal experts, and economists document the importance of forests in the workings of the biosphere and define the issues involved in using and protecting the great forests of the earth. They conclude by recommending the creation of an independent international commission that will weigh the environmental, economic, and technological implications of various policy options on the conservation and development of forests and then pursue appropriate action.
Subject
  • Forests and forestry
  • Forest conservation
  • Forest ecology
  • Forests and forestry > Economic aspects
  • Forest policy
  • forests (plant communities)
  • Bosbouw
  • Ecologie
  • Forests
  • International debts
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Forests: What in the world are they for? / George M. Woodwell -- The role of the world's forests in global warming / Richard A. Houghton -- Indigenous knowledge in the conservation and use of world forests / Darrell A. Posey -- From empty-world economics to full-world economics: A historical turning point in economic development / Herman E. Daly -- Government policy, economics, and the forest sector / Robert Repetto -- Conservation and sustainable development of forests globally: Issues and opportunities / Jagmohan S. Maini and Ola Ullsten -- The need for an international commission on the conservation and use of world forests / Kilaparti Ramakrishna -- The Paris Declaration, September 1991 -- Agreement adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 1992.
ISBN
  • 0300057490
  • 9780300057492
LCCN
92034492
OCLC
  • ocm26808652
  • 26808652
  • SCSB-1980232
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library