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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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    Klemm, Cyrille de

This publication covers all the major aspects of CITES implementation, stresses the role of Resolutions and contains recommendations for specific measures that might be taken by the Parties. It is a reference for any Party that is faced with enacting legislation for the adequate implementation of CITES.

   

This book aims to present the state of the world's deserts, their peoples and their wildlife and also provides a basis for action. It reveals the beauty of desert landscapes and their ecology, and the cultures of the desert peoples. It examines the impact of the changes in global climate and the effects of recent catastrophes. The extensive atlas section of the book maps the world's deserts region by region, charting their growth, agricultural development at their margins, the locations of resources, and pattern of human settlement.

    De Onis, Juan

In The Green Cathedral, Juan de Onis offers a set of proposals for the economic and ecological survival of this vital region, arguing that it is not possible to save the trees of Amazonia without also saving its people. A former foreign correspondent for the New York Times who has known Amazonia since the early sixties, de Onis undertook an intensive two year study of the region in 1988, travelling over 36,000 kilometers by land, water and air to interview the homesteaders, garimpeiros, cattle ranchers, bureaucrats, peasant organizers, Indians, and activists who together will decide the future of the vast forests. Avoiding the doomsday tone of many experts, de Onis not only draws a vivid portrait of the greenest part of the earth and the rawness of life on the frontier, but also argues that Amazonia is not yet ecologically ruined nor economically crippled. Indeed, he uncovers heartening evidence that the peoples and governments of Amazonia are learning from the past, finding ways of preserving and profiting from their environment. 

    Nilsson, Sten | Sallnäs, Ola | Hugosson, Mårten | Shvidenko, Anatoly

The objectives of this book are: to gain an impartial view of potential developments of the forest resources in the European USSR; to build alternative and consistent scenarios of the future developments; to illustrate the effects of forest decline from air pollutants; to identify meaningful policy options concerning the forest resources of the European USSR; and to support future policy decisions concerning the forest resources of the European USSR. 

   

In the past decade, there has been a profound increase in the world's understanding of and concern about the forest sector of the developing world. A wide range of analyses and policy research has shed light on the determinants of the effective demand for land and wood (the cause of deforestation), the importance of tenure arrangements, and the links between government policies and the forest sector. The use of government policies to influence behavior in the sector is a principal theme of this paper which is organized as follows. First it describes the two most important challenges in the sector -- excessive deforestation and inadequate afforestation and reforestation -- and highlights the extent and the causes of the problems. It then discusses policies and programs directed toward overcoming the underlying causes of these problems. Finally, it discusses the role of the World Bank in supporting governments' efforts to implement these policies and programs.