Changing Landscapes
The Development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and Its Influence on Tropical Forest Management
By Duncan Poore
Paperback
May 2003 •
290 pages •
234 x 156mm •
ISBN 9781853839917
This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies.
CONTENTS
The Rise and Fall of Forests
Sustainable Forest Management: A Response to Destruction
Genesis of a Treaty: The ITTA Takes Shape
ITTO's Early Days: Optimism and Experiment
First Assessment: Living a Fool's Paradise
From Abidjan to Bali: A Radical New Agenda
The case of Sarawak
Ferment 1990-1992
Tropical Forests, or all Forests? Renegotiating the ITTA
Has the Tropical Timber Trade any Leverage? Policies 1991-1995
The Many Roads from UNCED
ITTO's Road to 1995: ENGOs Diverge
1995-2000: Getting on with the Job
Year 2000 Report: The Curate's Egg?
Reaction: False Start, New Energy
Policies Into Action: Some Case Studies
ITTO: Agent of Change
Changing Landscapes, Future Prospects
Appendices
Notes
References
Index
Duncan Poore is Vice-President of the Commonwealth Forestry Association