Forest Politics: The Evolution of International Cooperation'An important and timely book' from the Foreword by Stanley Johnson 'A complete and absorbing history of a decade of intense international politics offers many insights for future negotiators of sustainable solutions' Stephen Bass, International Institute for Environment and Development 'Skillfully navigates the jungle of forest politics, leaving us in no doubt that the verbal commitment to save the world's forests has yet to be translated into action on the ground. The way forward must clearly lie in political commitments and international cooperation if forests are to continue to preserve life on Earth' Francis Sullivan, World Wide Fund for Nature Global deforestation and its attendant processes - including soil degradation, climate change and the loss of biological diversity - emerged as international political issues during the 1980s, prompting politicians to seek consensus on programmes and policies for the conservation and sustainable management of forests. Yet global initiatives have been bedevilled by tensions between the North and South and between governments, industry, local communities and indigenous peoples. Meanwhile, rates of deforestation in the tropics are increasing, and international political efforts are demonstrably failing. Forest Politics carefully traces the evolution of international cooperation on forests, from the inception of the controversial International Tropical Timber Organization and the failed Tropical Forestry Action Programme in the mid-1980s, to the creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests in the mid-1990s. The book also provides a detailed analysis of the negotiating stances of the parties involved in the divisive negotiations that rook place prior to the 1992 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro and the equally factious negotiations for the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994. It provides a fascinating insight into the nature of such processes, illustrating the difficulties that arise when concepts such as 'global commons' come into conflict with national sovereignty. Complete with annexes of important political documents, and making extensive use of primary source material and interviews with participants. Forest Politics presents case studies of all the major forest negotiations over the last 13 years. It is an essential reference point for policy makers, environmental campaigners and students, and required reading for all those who care about the future of the world's forests. David Humphreys is Research Fellow in Global Environmental Change at the Open University. Originally published in 1996 |
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Inhalt
The effects of deforestation | 15 |
The forest conservation problematic | 21 |
The Tropical Forestry Action Programme | 31 |
The 1990 legitimacy crisis | 42 |
The International Tropical Timber Organization | 55 |
The financing of the ITTO | 62 |
The international relations of the ITTO | 75 |
The Forest Negotiations of the UNCED Process | 83 |
Second part of conference Geneva 2125 June 1993 | 117 |
An analysis of the International Tropical Timber | 125 |
The Global Politics of Forest Conservation Since the UNCED | 135 |
creation of the Intergovernmental | 143 |
Conclusions | 155 |
The forest conservation problematic | 166 |
Possible main elements of an instrument convention | 203 |
International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 | 221 |
an introduction | 88 |
PrepCom 3 Geneva 12 August4 September 1991 | 94 |
PrepCom 4 New York 2 March3 April 1992 | 100 |
First part of conference Geneva 1316 April 1993 | 111 |
Draft text for a Convention for the Conservation | 246 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
actors Annex Article causes of deforestation Chapter Climate Change consensus conservation and sustainable consultative group consumers Convention cooperation criteria deforestation delegations developing countries draft economic enter into force Environment and Development environmental established FAO document FAO's forest areas forest conservation Forest Principles forest resources Forest Stewardship Council Forestry Action Plan Forestry Advisers Fund GATT Geneva global forests governments guidelines Helsinki indigenous institutions intergovernmental International Tropical Timber issues ITTA ITTC ITTO ITTO's Kuala Lumpur Malaysia meeting ment negotiations NFAP NGOs North noted paragraph Parties policies political pre-projects PrepCom producing members projects proposal protocol Rainforest Report role secretariat session South sovereignty Statement of Forest Sustainable Development sustainable forest management sustainable management Target TFAP timber trade tropical forest Tropical Forestry Action Tropical Timber Agreement Tropical Timber Organization UNCED forests UNCTAD United Nations votes World Bank World Rainforest Movement Yokohama