Extreme Conflict and Tropical Forests

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jong, Wil De (Editor), Donovan, Deanna (Editor), Abe, Ken-Ichi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: WORLD FORESTS, 5
• Subjects: Political science.; International relations.; Science.; Forestry.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; International economics.; Social sciences.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Science, general.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Social Sciences, general.; International Economics.

At a time when the international community is devoting significant attention to the issue of governance as a key factor in global environmental decline, this book provides a timely insight into the relationships between extreme conflict, the international trade in forest products, and the social, ec...

Table of Contents:

• TROPICAL FORESTS AND EXTREME CONFLICT
• BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE: VIOLENCE AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE CAMBODIAN LOGGING SECTOR
• GREED OR GRIEVANCE IN WEST AFRICA’S FOREST WARS?
• NICARAGUA’S FRONTIER: THE BOSAWAS BIOSPHERE RESERVE
• PAST CONFLICTS AND RESOURCE USE IN POSTWAR LAO PDR
• SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: TROPICAL FORESTS, THE STATE AND VIOLENT CONFLICT IN AFRICA
• CONFRONTING CONFLICT TIMBER
• ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM ILLICIT DRUG CROPS IN COLOMBIA
• DEFOLIATION DURING THE VIETNAM WAR
• ADDRESSING EXTREME CONFLICTS THROUGH PEACE PARKS.