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list price: $85.00
edition:Hardcover
category: Nature
published: Jan 1994
ISBN:9780774805117
publisher:
UBC Press
Description
The rapid destruction of tropical forests is one of the most pressing environmental problems of our time, but the international community and national governments are unable to formulate effective policy responses without a clear understanding of the causes of deforestation. This comprehensive and coherent account presents the 'state of the art' econometric analysis of tropical deforestation, quantifying and examining the local and underlying global causes.
Contributor Notes
Katrina Brown (editor) is Senior Research Associate at CSERGE, University of East Anglia, and has a background in natural and social sciences. Her work concentrates on the conflicts between development and environmental degradation, and on social and economic aspects of the conservation of biodiversity. David Pearce (editor) is Professor of Economics at University College London and Director of CSERGE, which is the UK's premier research centre examining global environmental issues. He is an internationally renowned environmental economist, has published more than fifty books, and has been awarded the UNEP Global 500 roll of honour.
