Forests and Livelihoods: The Social Dynamics of Deforestation in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Solon L. Barraclough, Krishna B. Ghimire (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 274
Series: International Political Economy Series
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction to Deforestation Issues and the Case-Studies....Pages 1-33
Deforestation in Historical Perspective....Pages 34-51
Deforestation and its Impacts in the Case-Study Areas....Pages 52-105
Grassroots Responses to Deforestation....Pages 106-133
National and International Forest Protection Initiatives....Pages 134-175
Constraints and Opportunities for Sustainable Forest Use....Pages 176-203
Protecting Forests and Livelihoods....Pages 204-237
Back Matter....Pages 238-259

✦ Subjects

Political Science; Human Geography; Nature Conservation; Sustainable Development; Development Studies; Sociology, general

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