Rosewood: Endangered Species Conservation and the Rise of Global China

✍ Scribed by Annah Lake Zhu

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 2022
Tongue: English
Leaves: 255
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

China’s nouveau riche are purchasing billions of dollars of furniture built from endangered African rosewood. Responding to Western powers’ attempts to stop the trade, Annah Zhu uncovers Chinese initiatives to plant rosewood responsibly and shows how these efforts offer a new path forward for environmentalism in a world no longer ruled by the West.

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