The Forest for the Trees?
Author | : Robert C. Repetto |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105040893898 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Experts have clearly established the extent of forest decline and likely economic, social and environmental consequences. They have also discussed deforestation's principal causes...This report goes further by showing how governments, committed in principle to conservation and wise resource use, are aggravating the losses of forests under their stewardship through mistaken policies. Such policies, by and large, were adopted for worthy objectives: industrial or agricultural growth, regional development, job creation, or poverty alleviation. But, this study finds such objectives typically have not been realized or have been attained only at excessive costs.