Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest
Editorial Reviews
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This book is a tour de force; the detailed explication of the effects of international trade on trends in forests cover is unprecedented. Tom Rudel.
A phenomenal piece of work, there is no better book on the links between macroeconomics and deforestation. David Kaimowitz.
A delight to read: convincing, the books main findings will become a common (if disputed) point of reference soon enough Stuart White.
Book Description
Oil-related activities damage tropical rainforests, but this is just one side of a complicated story.
This book, a study of oil producing countries, looks at the linkages between macroeconomic trends and how policies affect the environment. In a balanced and comprehensive review, Sven Wunder, shows that oil revenues can indirectly come to protect tropical rainforests using case studies based on eight countries including Cameroon, Ecuador, Gabon, Papua New Guinea and Venezuela.
This topical, accessible and readable book has immediate and direct implications for policy formulation that help decide what can be done to diminish deforestation without jeopardizing economic growth. This book needs to be read not only by students and academics involved in environmental economics, but also by all those involved in policymaking.
Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest,Sven Wunder,Routledge,0415278678,Business & Economics,Business/Economics,Development - Business Development,Economic Conditions,Economic aspects,Economics - General,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental aspects,Natural Resources,Nature,Petroleum industry and trade,Petroleum reserves,Rain forests,Business & Economics / Development & Growth,Deforestation,Forests, rainforests,Macroeconomics,Petroleum & oil industries,Tropics
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