Logging The Globe

About this book

Examines the problems and prospects facing the forestry industry worldwide, with a thorough analysis of the changes taking place at the ecological, social and economic levels.

Contents

Part 1 Northern forests, northern industry: northern forestry in changing conditions; restructuring the northern industry; the profligate century and its aftermath in British Columbia – a case study; Japan and the creation of a global industry. Part 2 Forests and people in the southern hemisphere: tropical forests and forest dwellers; industrial forestry in the southern hemisphere; the tropical forestry action plan and plantation forestry; Thailand, the land no one should use – a case study; Indonesia – peddlars, princes, and loggers – a case study; the plantation economy in Brazil – a case study; Chilean temperate and plantation forests – a case study. Conclusion: sustainable forests and communities.