Logjam: Deforestation and the Crisis of Global Governance (Earthscan Forestry Library)

by David Humphreys (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $251.40

  Examines the impacts of neoliberal global governance on forests and provides an overview of international forest politics. This book argues for a democratization of global governance and a fundamental restructuring of the regulatory environment so that final decision making authority is restored to the local level.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $50.68

  Winner of the International Studies Association's Harold and Margaret Sprout Award 2008 for the best book on international environmental problems. This pioneering study examines the impacts of neoliberal global governance on forests and provides an exhaustive overview of international forest politics: Intergovernmental Panel on Forests World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Forum on Forests United Nations Forum on Forests Forest Certification New policies to address illegal logging World Bank's forests strategy Convention on Biological Diversity - and other international forest-related processes The book is an essential reference for students of global environmental politics and required reading for forest policy makers. It concludes by arguing for a democratization of global governance and a fundamental restructuring of the regulatory environment so that final decision making authority is restored to the local level. Driven by concern at what forest loss means for communities and future generations, this is a book that stands to make a difference.