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World Forests, Markets and Policies (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
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World Forests, Markets and Policies (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Series: World Forests, 3
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This book offers information and insights into the potential of
market and policy instruments in improving the state of the world's
forests. It advocates the use of the concept of optimal mix of
markets and policies as an approach to view the appropriate and
operational roles of market and government in dealing with forestry
issues. It does not offer a list of policy recommendations to be
used as a general tool to combat the threats facing the world's
forests. Obviously, the optimal mix of markets and policies must
depend on the varying national and local conditions and, more
specifically, on the level of development. The contents of this
volume are organized in five Parts. Part I, Editorial Perspectives,
briefly reviews the outline of the book and analyses the balanced
use of markets and policies to support world forests towards
sustainable forest management. Part II reviews changes and trends
in society and environment outside the forest sector. After all,
the evolution of forestry and forest industries is more dependent
on these external changes than on changes internal to the sector.
Two important aspects that may strongly affect the future of the
forest sector are covered: the potential of wood biomass in
replacing oil and the global freshwater outlook. Part III focuses
on the importance of forests and is primarily aimed at those
outside the forest sector. Current innovations in information
technology and the fast removal of government regulations have
enabled forest industry corporations to invest on a larger scale in
optimal locations worldwide. The rapid expansion of forest
plantations in the South is a response not only to globalization
but also to the expanding conservationpressures in the North. Part
IV is the global forum that introduces a few topical forest sector
issues affecting the world as a whole. However, these tend to be
very complex and can rarely be adequately covered from a single
perspective. Therefore, discussants were invited to bring up
additional points of view. Forests have great potential in the
control of climate change. This is analyzed through both the
increased use of wood for energy and the possible forestry
investments by Northern nations in the South to cope with the
requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. The interlinkages of forests
and water are also highlighted. Part V is entitled Regional Forum.
Its purpose is to analyze globally relevant continental issues.
Interregional studies are followed by articles focusing on Latin
America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, North America, Europe, and
the Russian Federation. The role of the G8 economic powers in the
development of the world's forests is studied from the days of
imperialism to the current Action Programme on Forests, and the
implementation of the programme is followed up. A number of
comparative analyses of countries are presented. The impacts of
globalization on the forest sector in the Russian Far East and
reforms in support of sustainable forest management in Russia are
the two final themes of the book.
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