Bowles, Ian A.
Vice President, Conservation International, Washington D.C.
Prickett, Glenn T.
Senior Director, Conservation International, Washington D.C.
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512578-8
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0008
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512578-8
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0008
7 Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation
This chapter provides a brief review of trends in wood consumption and trade and analysis of the factors leading to a growth in transnational logging, led by new companies from south-east Asia. Case studies from four key countries rich in tropical forest are provided, followed by concluding remarks.
Keywords: Asia, biodiversity, deforestation, forests, logging
Keywords: Asia, biodiversity, deforestation, forests, logging
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0008
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