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

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.

List 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

About the author

Scholz, Imme

Summary

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

• Authors: Imme Scholz, Scholz Imme
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2001
• EAN: 9780714651545
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5154-5
• No. of pages: 488
• Weight: 1060 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; NATURE / Natural Resources, Brazil, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Environmental Economics, Forestry & related industries, Environmental Management, Deforestation, Development Studies, Forestry industry