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

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Author / Creator:Poore, Duncan.
Imprint:London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003.
Description:xvii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4907849
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ISBN:1853839906 (hardback)
1853839914 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures, tables and boxes
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • List of acronyms and abbreviations
  • 1. The rise and fall of forests
  • 2. Sustainable forest management: a response to destruction
  • Introduction
  • The tropical forest problem
  • Land use and management - the two elements of sustainability
  • Wider considerations
  • 3. Genesis of a treaty: the ITTA takes shape
  • Phase 1.
  • Phase 2.
  • Phase 3.
  • 4. ITTO's early days: optimism and experiment
  • The International Tropical Timber Agreement
  • Other international initiatives
  • The 2nd Session of Council - Yokohama, March 1987
  • The 3rd Session of Council - Yokohama, November 1987
  • The 4th Session of Council - Rio de Janeiro, June-July 1988
  • 5. First assessment: living in a fool's paraidse
  • Introduction
  • The definition of issues
  • The findings of the study
  • The conditions for sustainable production
  • Conditions of success
  • Recommendations to the International Tropical Timber Council - November 1988
  • Consideration by the International Tropical Timber Council at its 5th Session
  • 6. From Abidjan to Bali: a radical new agenda
  • The context
  • The 6th Session of Council - Abidjan, May 1989
  • The 7th Session of Council - Yokohama, November 1989
  • The 8th Session of Council - Bali, May 1990
  • Guidelines
  • The Year 2000 Objective
  • 7. The case of Sarawak
  • The Mission
  • The task of the Mission
  • The 'native peoples' question
  • Forestry in Sarawak
  • Findings of the Mission
  • The assessment
  • Recommendations
  • Reception at the International Tropical Timber Council
  • 8. Ferment 1990-1992
  • International Tropical Timber Organization Action Plan 1990
  • The Quito Round Table and the Year 2000 Target
  • Other issues at Quito
  • The 11th Session of Council - Yokohama, November 1991
  • The 12th and 13th Sessions of Council - Yaounde and Yokohama, May and November 1992
  • 9. Tropical forests, or all forests? Renegotiating the ITTA
  • International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
  • 10. Has the tropical timber trade any leverage? Policies 1991-1995
  • Criteria and indicators
  • The development of Forest Resource Accounting
  • Economic linkages
  • 11. The many roads from UNCED
  • International developments: 1992-1995
  • International developments: after 1995
  • 12. ITTO's road to 1995: ENGOs diverge
  • The 15th Session of Council - Yokohama, November 1993
  • The 16th Session of Council - Cartagena, May 1994
  • The 19th Session of Council - Yokohama, November 1995
  • 13. 1995-2000: getting on with the job
  • Council matters under the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
  • Missions
  • Criteria and indicators
  • The Libreville Action Plan
  • The Year 2000 Report
  • 14. Year 2000 Report: the curate's egg?
  • Introduction
  • Interpretation of the Year 2000 Objective
  • Analysis of progress in producer countries
  • The position in consumer countries
  • Interactions
  • Conclusions
  • 15. Reaction: false start, new energy
  • The 28th Session of Council - Lima, May 2000
  • The 29th Session of Council - Yokohama, October-November 2000
  • The Yokohama Action Plan 2002-2006
  • The Mission to Indonesia and illegal logging
  • Forest law enforcement
  • The International Tropical Timber Organization in 2001
  • 16. Policies into action: some case studies
  • Policies and projects
  • Case studies
  • 17. ITTO: agent of change
  • 18. Changing landscapes, future prospects
  • How much forest?
  • Trends in forest use
  • The way forward: from words to action
  • Appendices
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. The London Environmental Economics Centre report and certification
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index