Changing landscapes : the development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and its influence on tropical forest management

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Changing landscapes : the development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and its influence on tropical forest management

Responsibility	Duncan Poore
Material Type	Book
Publisher	London : Earthscan
Year	c2003
Language	English
Size	xvii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Abstract	In this institutional history and assessment of the International Tropical Timber Organization, Poore (vice-president, Commonwealth Forestry Association, UK) lauds the organization, which grew out of ... 1982 international agreement between timber producing and consuming countries, for having served the purpose of promoting sustainable forestry while addressing the concerns of timber companies and other "stakeholders." Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies. show more

Status	Volume	Location	Call No.	Printed	Collection Name	Barcode No.	Comments	Reserve	Copy	Automatic archive
	: pbk	AGRICULTURE	653/P 79	2003		034212008503453	R01431	RECALL			RECALL

Notes	Includes bibliographical references(p. [277]-280) and index
Authors	*Poore, Duncan International Tropical Timber Organization
Subjects	LCSH:Forest management -- Tropics All Subject Search LCSH:Sustainable forestry -- Tropics All Subject Search
Classification	DC21:634.9/0913
ID	1001226487
ISBN	1853839906
NCID	BA62540634
Vol	: hbk ; ISBN:1853839906 : pbk ; ISBN:1853839914
NBN	BA3X8867
Created Date	2009.09.18
Modified Date	2009.09.18