Fast-wood forestry : myths and realities
Fast-Wood Forestry-Myths and Realities provides a comprehensive analysis of the arguments for and against fast-wood plantations. It separates fact from fiction, science from speculation, truth from misinformation. Environmentalists have frequently exaggerated the malign impact of fast-wood plantations. At the same time plantation companies have underestimated the damage that fast-wood forestry has done, both to the environment and local communities. Fast-Wood Forestry explores in detail the impact of the industry on biodiversity, soil and water resources. It analyses the claims made by plantation companies that fast-wood forestry brings valuable social benefits jobs, infrastructure and wealth-to rural communities. And it assesses the merits-or otherwise-of the subsidies and incentives used by governments and international agencies to encourage the industry. Fast-Wood Forestry concludes with a series of recommendations that suggest how the industry could improve its environmental and social performance. Authoritative and comprehensive, lively in style and jargon-free, Fast-Wood Forestry will appeal to everyone with an interest in development issues, from environmentalists to plantation advocates, academics to non-governmental organizations, political decision-makers to resource use planners.
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| Format: | book biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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| Subjects: | K10 - Production forestière, biodiversité, plantation forestière, utilisation des terres, impact sur l'environnement, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33949, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3048, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4182, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/514676/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/514676/1/ID514676.pdf |
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