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.
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