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FROM VOLUME 7, NUMBER 4, APRIL 1994
BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS...
books on deforestation reviewed by D. Hall, New Scientist,
pp. 42-43, Dec. 4, 1993:
The Struggle for Land and the Fate of the Forests, M.
Colchester, L. Lohmann, Eds., 389 pp., 1993, £32.95/$49.95
cloth, £12.95/$17.50 paper (Zed Books). Concerns the
exploitation of indigenous groups by economic and social
pressures as a cause of deforestation.
Who Will Save the Forests? Knowledge, Power and
Environmental Destruction, T. Banjuri, F.A. Marglin, Eds.,
195 pp., 1993, £32.95/$55 cloth, £11.95/$17.50 paper (Zed
Books). Four case studies in India, Finland and the U.S. lead to
the conclusion that management of forests should incorporate
World Forests for the Future: Their Use and Conservation,
K. Ramakrishna, G.M. Woodwell, Eds., 156 pp., 1993,
£14.94/$20 (Yale). Seven papers that argue for establishing an
international forestry commission that would stimulate the fusion
of ecological and economic interests.
Earthscan Reader in Tropical Forestry, S. Rietbergen, Ed.,
350 pp., Jan. 1994, £19.95 (Earthscan/Island).
Discusses issues of tropical forest management, including
biodiversity, sustainable management, slash-and-burn agriculture,
and indigenous peoples.
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