Report which alleges that International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in each of the 15 countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia studied.This forest loss, the author claims, has occurred both directly and indirectly through:the IMF's promotion of foreign investment in natural resource sectorsausterity measures that cut spending on environmental programsprograms that have unwittingly worsened the conditions of povertythe IMF.s insistence upon export-oriented economic growth.The report finds that:IMF induced cuts have impeded:Promotion of resp
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2001Honduras, Chile, Ukraine, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Guyana, Belarus, Central African Republic, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Cameroon, Tanzania, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Armenia, Brazil, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2000France, United States of America, Spain, Chile, Germany, China, Ukraine, Indonesia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, India, Russia, Brazil
An analysis of the present state of forest plantations and of current trends in plantation forestry both on a global basis and region-by-region. Economic and policy considerations in the development of plantation forestry are discussed. The outlook for plantation forestry is then presented in the form of alternative scenarios according to future growth in plantation area.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2000Fiji, Bangladesh, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Cuba, Malta, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Uruguay, New Zealand, Rwanda, Australia, Myanmar, Portugal, Argentina, India, Senegal
Un análisis del estado actual de las plantaciones forestales y las tendencias actuales de las mismas tanto a nivel global como a escala regional. Se examinan tanto los aspectos económicos, como los políticos relacionados al desarrollo de las plantaciones forestales. Luego se presentan las perspectivas de las plantaciones forestales a través de panoramas alternativos de acuerdo al futuro crecimiento de las áreas con plantaciones.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2000France, Belgium, Israel, China, Italy, Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Mongolia, Thailand, Canada
The Project was created as a result of an urgent need to protect cultivated land against the severe degradation caused by wind and water erosion in the Korqin Sandy Lands, to improve the socio-economic well being of the inhabitants of the region and for the need to sustainable produce wood for all sorts of uses.
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