Overview
- Editors:
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Matti Palo
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Jussi Uusivuori
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Gerardo Mery
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Editorial Perspectives
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- Matti Palo, Jussi Uusivuori, Gerardo Mery, Alexander V. Korotkov, David Humphreys
Pages 3-19
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Societies and Environments
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- Janis Gravitis, Tarcisio Della Senta, Javier González Molina, Matti Palo, Erkki Lehto, Riitta Hjerppe
Pages 23-45
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Importance of Forests
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- Brent Sohngen, Roger Sedjo, Markku Kanninen, Gerardo Mery
Pages 61-69
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- Janaki Alavalapati, P.K.R. Nair, David Barkin
Pages 71-83
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- David Tomberlin, Joseph Buongiorno, José Alvarado AlegrÃa, Kaisa Korhonen, Matti Palo
Pages 85-96
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- Jussi Uusivuori, Susanna Laaksonen-Craig
Pages 97-103
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Global Forum
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Front Matter
Pages 105-105
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- Ian R. Hunter, Ian R. Calder, Tom Hatton
Pages 107-119
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- Robert K. Dixon, Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young
Pages 121-134
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- Pentti Hakkila, Gerald C. Monela
Pages 135-148
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- Bengt Kriström, Mattias Boman, Sebastião Kengen
Pages 149-161
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Regional Forum
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Front Matter
Pages 163-164
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- Philip Wardle, Bruce Michie
Pages 207-217
About this book
In the 1990s the world community has arrived at a particularly in developing countries and in econo historical turning point. Global issues- the decline mies in transition. These three organizations have of biological diversity, climate change, the fate of different backgrounds and focuses, but have found forest peoples, fresh water scarcity, desertification, it relevant and rewarding to their core operations to deforestation and forest degradation - have come collaborate in WFSE activities. The intention of to dominate the public and political debate about these organizations is to continue supporting the forestry. In the economic sphere, forest industries WFSE research and developing the mutual collab have assumed global dimensions. oration. The World Forests, Society and Environment In the year 2000,WFSE took on anewchallenge, Research Program (WFSE) is a response by the re extending its research network to involve five new searchcommunity to thisglobalization. The WFSE Associate Partners: the Center for International slogan 'Globalization calls for global research' re Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia;the Cent flects both the means and the end of the program. er for Research and Higher Education on Natural The program is involved in promoting and execut Resources of Tropical America (CATIE) in Costa ing research in different parts of the world, and Rica; the International Centerfor Research inAgro through its publications and communications net Forestry (ICRAF) in Kenya; the World Forestry work, linking researchers worldwide.
