Overexploitation or Sustainable Management? Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry: The Case of Para (Brazil) 1960-1997

by Imme Scholz

Overview

The part played by the Brazilian tropical timber industry in deforesting the Amazon region has not been studied very much. This book describes the expansion of the timber industry in the Brazilian federal state of Para since the 1960s, when Amazon development became an important item on the government's agenda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714651545
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/30/2001
Series:	Gdi Book Series , #15
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations, Summary, 1. Introduction: Statement of the Problem and Structure of the Study, 2. Determinants of Natural Resource Use: Theoretical Approaches from the Field of Economics and the State of Research, 3. Alternative Approaches to Economic Action from the Fields of Sociology and Evolutionary Economic Theory, 4. Tropical Ecology and Sustainable Forestry, 5. The World Market for Tropical Timber, 6. The Timber Industry in Para and in Brazil in the 1990s, 7. Historical Reconstruction of the Development of Para's Timber Industry, 8. Patterns of Resource Utilization and Foreign Trade: Results of the Study and Conclusions, 9. Conclusions for Development Cooperation, Notes, Bibliography, Appendix

Editorial Reviews

This book describes the expansion of the timber industry in the Brazilian federal state of Par<'a> since the 1960s, when Amazon development became an important item on the government's agenda. Qualitative interviews with the largest exporters, statistical data and empirical studies of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s cast light on the economic and cultural logic of deforestation, the low productivity and limited capacity of industry, and innovations like sustainable forestry and more efficient processing techniques. Scholz is a researcher for the German Development Institute (DPI). Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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