Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: International Trade, Poverty and Land Use

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Solon L. Barraclough Krishna B. Ghimire

Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation

International Trade, Poverty and Land Use

Solon L. Barraclough, Krishna B. Ghimire

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English

Earthscan Ltd
01 July 2000

International trade; Agriculture & related industries; Management of land & natural resources; Deforestation; Environmental science, engineering & technology

There is no clear-cut causal relationship between international trade, agricultural expansion and tropical deforestation. Academics, policy-makers and the public are all tempted by simplistic solutions to complex problems. In order to establish the true causal factors involved in this critical area of environmental decline, the authors of this study present case studies ranging over three continents. Utilizing statistics, it is shown that the focus of analysis of deforestation must be applied as much to the misguided policies of national and regional authorities as to the forces of trade and globalization. Further, it demonstrates that we must adopt a critical perspective on the historical context of human use of forest areas, looking at issues such as systems of land tenure. The primary aim of the book is to highlight the need to seek solutions in far-reaching institutional and policy reforms adapted to specific socio-economic and ecological contexts, if the problem of tropical deforestation is to be tackled effectively.

By: Solon L. Barraclough
Edited by: Krishna B. Ghimire
Imprint: Earthscan Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781853836664
ISBN 10: 1853836664
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 01 July 2000
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Social Determinants of Deforestation - A Complex Issue * Principal Questions Guiding the Research * The Case Study Countries * The Extent of Tropical Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in Developing Countries - Recent Land Use * Tropical Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in the Case Study Countries - Public Policy-induced Deforestation in Brazil * Deforestation and Agricultural Expansion in Guatemala * China * Malaysia * Linkages with International Trade - Introduction * Brazil * Guatemala * China * Malaysia * Cameroon * Diverse and Changing Linkages * Towards More Sustainable Use of Tropical Agricultural and Forest Resources- Courses and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation in the Case Study Countries * Local-level Constraints and Opportunities * The Crucial Role of National Policies and Institutions * International Reforms * Bibliography * Index

Solon L Barraclough and Krishna B Ghimire are researchers at the United Nations research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. Barraclough and Ghimire are co-authors of Forests and Livelihoods (Macmillan, 1995). Ghimire is co-editor (with Michael Pimbert) of Social Change and Conservation * (Earthscan, 1997).

Reviews for Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: International Trade, Poverty and Land Use

... the authors of this book have undertaken a multi-disciplinary analysis of economic and agricultural development and their impact on increasing land-use pressure and change. -- Quarterly Journal of Forestry