At Loggerheads? - Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, And Environment in

Klappentext Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. This book seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests with poverty. It looks at how policiesmodulated by local conditionsact simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs or complementarities, depending on the situation. The report brings to the surface problems that impede adoption of favorable policies, describing institutional and technological innovations that might help to overcome these impediments. Seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. This book looks at how policies - modulated by local conditions - act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs or complementarities, depending on the situation.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth M. Chomitz, Kenneth M./ Buys Chomitz, World Bank, World Bank Group
• Publisher: WORLD BANK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2006
• EAN: 9780821367353
• ISBN: 978-0-8213-6735-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 197 mm x 235 mm x 6 mm
• Series: World Bank Policy Research Rep; World Bank Policy Research Rep
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics