Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific: Corporations and Environmental Management

by Peter Dauvergne

Overview

Corporate loggers have irreparably damaged much of the tropical forest throughout the Asia-Pacific over the last four decades. Despite a steady rise in global and local concern, few firms have changed their practices on the ground. This study examines why and how loggers have resisted and ignored calls for environmental reforms. Concentrating on the period after 1990, it explains what is happening on the ground as forests continue to disappear and highlights the structures within which firms and governments operate and make money. The volume takes a constructive, insightful approach to a depressing, yet urgent, problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521806619
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/15/2001
Series:	Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction and Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Forest degradation in the Asia-Pacific; Part II. Context: 3. Scientific forestry and environmental failures; 4. Environmental reformers and state capacity in the Asia-Pacific; 5. The 1997 Asian financial crisis and forestry reforms; Part III. Corporations, Profits, and Uncertainty: 6. Capitalism and corporate structures; 7. The nature of profits; 8. High uncertainty; Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Fading into history or reimagining commercial forests?; Glossary.

Editorial Reviews

"[Dauvergne] does a good job of including both conceptual and practical information in this book, and the reader interested in sustainable development and the Asia-Pacific region will find the case studies and historical data particularly helpful...I found the book informative and a useful resource for anyone interested in regional economic development and the evolving cultural and industrial landscapes of Southeast Asia and Melanesia." Pacific Affairs

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