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'An important and timely book' from the Foreword by Stanley Johnson
'A complete and absorbing history of a decade of intense
international politics offers many insights for future negotiators
of sustainable solutions' Stephen Bass, International Institute for
Environment and Development 'Skillfully navigates the jungle of
forest politics, leaving us in no doubt that the verbal commitment
to save the world's forests has yet to be translated into action on
the ground. The way forward must clearly lie in political
commitments and international cooperation if forests are to
continue to preserve life on Earth' Francis Sullivan, World Wide
Fund for Nature Global deforestation and its attendant processes -
including soil degradation, climate change and the loss of
biological diversity - emerged as international political issues
during the 1980s, prompting politicians to seek consensus on
programmes and policies for the conservation and sustainable
management of forests. Yet global initiatives have been bedevilled
by tensions between the North and South and between governments,
industry, local communities and indigenous peoples. Meanwhile,
rates of deforestation in the tropics are increasing, and
international political efforts are demonstrably failing. Forest
Politics carefully traces the evolution of international
cooperation on forests, from the inception of the controversial
International Tropical Timber Organization and the failed Tropical
Forestry Action Programme in the mid-1980s, to the creation of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests in the mid-1990s. The book also
provides a detailed analysis of the negotiating stances of the
parties involved in the divisive negotiations that rook place prior
to the 1992 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro and the equally
factious negotiations for the International Tropical Timber
Agreement of 1994. It provides a fascinating insight into the
nature of such processes, illustrating the difficulties that arise
when concepts such as 'global commons' come into conflict with
national sovereignty. Complete with annexes of important political
documents, and making extensive use of primary source material and
interviews with participants. Forest Politics presents case studies
of all the major forest negotiations over the last 13 years. It is
an essential reference point for policy makers, environmental
campaigners and students, and required reading for all those who
care about the future of the world's forests. David Humphreys is
Research Fellow in Global Environmental Change at the Open
University. Originally published in 1996
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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
'An important and timely book' from the Foreword by Stanley Johnson
'A complete and absorbing history of a decade of intense
international politics offers many insights for future negotiators
of sustainable solutions' Stephen Bass, International Institute for
Environment and Development 'Skillfully navigates the jungle of
forest politics, leaving us in no doubt that the verbal commitment
to save the world's forests has yet to be translated into action on
the ground. The way forward must clearly lie in political
commitments and international cooperation if forests are to
continue to preserve life on Earth' Francis Sullivan, World Wide
Fund for Nature Global deforestation and its attendant processes -
including soil degradation, climate change and the loss of
biological diversity - emerged as international political issues
during the 1980s, prompting politicians to seek consensus on
programmes and policies for the conservation and sustainable
management of forests. Yet global initiatives have been bedevilled
by tensions between the North and South and between governments,
industry, local communities and indigenous peoples. Meanwhile,
rates of deforestation in the tropics are increasing, and
international political efforts are demonstrably failing. Forest
Politics carefully traces the evolution of international
cooperation on forests, from the inception of the controversial
International Tropical Timber Organization and the failed Tropical
Forestry Action Programme in the mid-1980s, to the creation of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests in the mid-1990s. The book also
provides a detailed analysis of the negotiating stances of the
parties involved in the divisive negotiations that rook place prior
to the 1992 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro and the equally
factious negotiations for the International Tropical Timber
Agreement of 1994. It provides a fascinating insight into the
nature of such processes, illustrating the difficulties that arise
when concepts such as 'global commons' come into conflict with
national sovereignty. Complete with annexes of important political
documents, and making extensive use of primary source material and
interviews with participants. Forest Politics presents case studies
of all the major forest negotiations over the last 13 years. It is
an essential reference point for policy makers, environmental
campaigners and students, and required reading for all those who
care about the future of the world's forests. David Humphreys is
Research Fellow in Global Environmental Change at the Open
University. Originally published in 1996
Winner of the International Studies Association's Harold and
Margaret Sprout Award 2008 for the best book on international
environmental problems. This pioneering study examines the impacts
of neoliberal global governance on forests and provides an
exhaustive overview of international forest politics:
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests World Commission on Forests and
Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Forum on Forests United
Nations Forum on Forests Forest Certification New policies to
address illegal logging World Bank's forests strategy Convention on
Biological Diversity - and other international forest-related
processes The book is an essential reference for students of global
environmental politics and required reading for forest policy
makers. It concludes by arguing for a democratization of global
governance and a fundamental restructuring of the regulatory
environment so that final decision making authority is restored to
the local level. Driven by concern at what forest loss means for
communities and future generations, this is a book that stands to
make a difference.
In 1935, David Miller began to gather the stories of 72 elderly
Native American participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
This work is the result of his exhaustive, 22-year research--a
superb oral history told from the perspective of the the warriors
who won the battle, but lost the war.
Contents: 1. NGOs and their Influence on Environmental Policies in Africa: a Framework Alan Thomas 2. Land Degradation and Sustainable Resource Management in an African Context David Humphreys and Susan Carr 3. NGO Influence at the International Negotiating Committee for a Convention to Combat Desertification: Perspectives from Zimbabwe and Nigeria Susan Carr, Alan Thomas, Enoch Okpara, Roger Mpande and David Humphreys 4. Challenging Maize: The Role of NGOs in Promoting the Use of Small Grains in Zimbabwe's Semi-Arid Regions Derek Gunby 5. The Campaign for Water from the Zambezi for Bulawayo Derek Gunby, Roger Mpande and Alan Thomas 6. The Policy of Fencing Botswana's Communal Rangelands Onalenna Selolwane 7. The Campaign against the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project Alan Thomas, Onalenna Selolwane and David Humphreys 8. An NGO Campaign to Protect the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Northern Nigeria Susan Carr and Obasi Ogbonnaya 9. The Ogoni People's Campaign over Oil Exploitation in the Niger Delta Susan Carr, Oronto Douglas and Uche Onyeagucha 10. Influence thrust upon them? NGOs' role in Public Action on the Environment in Africa Alan Thomas, David Humphreys and Susan Carr Annex: Participants in the international seminar on Environmental Policies and NGO Influence: Land Degradation and Resource Management Harare, Zimbabwe, 26-28 June 1996
David Humphreys was aide-de-camp to Washington during the American
Revolution. His "Life of Israel Putnam, " originally published in
1788, has rightly been described as "the first biography of an
American written by an American." It is, as William C. Dowling
observes, "a classic of revolutionary writing, very readable and
immensely interesting in what it says about the temper of the new
republic in the period immediately after the American Revolution."
The subject--General Israel Putnam--is remembered to history and
legend as exclaiming: "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their
eyes " to American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill. As
Professor Dowling notes, "All the episodes are retold--Bunker Hill,
the Battle of White Plains, the crossing of the Delaware, the
Battle of Princeton--but from the perspective of one who was there
throughout, and who always permits us to see Putnam as the sort of
character by whom history is, in the last analysis, made."
Humphreys wrote the biography when formation of the Society of the
Cincinnati, composed of men who were officers in the Revolution,
"focused debate in the new republic about the competing claims of
individual liberty and the good of the community."William C.
Dowling is a Professor of English at Rutgers University
David Humphreys was aide-de-camp to Washington during the American
Revolution. His "Life of Israel Putnam, " originally published in
1788, has rightly been described as "the first biography of an
American written by an American." It is, as William C. Dowling
observes, "a classic of revolutionary writing, very readable and
immensely interesting in what it says about the temper of the new
republic in the period immediately after the American Revolution."
The subject--General Israel Putnam--is remembered to history and
legend as exclaiming: "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their
eyes " to American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill. As
Professor Dowling notes, "All the episodes are retold--Bunker Hill,
the Battle of White Plains, the crossing of the Delaware, the
Battle of Princeton--but from the perspective of one who was there
throughout, and who always permits us to see Putnam as the sort of
character by whom history is, in the last analysis, made."
Humphreys wrote the biography when formation of the Society of the
Cincinnati, composed of men who were officers in the Revolution,
"focused debate in the new republic about the competing claims of
individual liberty and the good of the community."William C.
Dowling is a Professor of English at Rutgers University
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