At loggerheads? : agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests
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At loggerheads? : agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests
(A World Bank policy research report)
World Bank, c2007
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Note
Othor authors: Giacomo De Luca, Thmothy S. Thomas, Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-275) and index
eISBN-10: 0821367366
eISBN-13: 9780821367360
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. This book seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests with poverty. It looks at how policies - modulated by local conditions - act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs or complementarities, depending on the situation. The report brings to the surface problems that impede adoption of favorable policies, describing institutional and technological innovations that might help to overcome these impediments.
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