About 20 percent of the total production of tropical timber is traded internationally. But for Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and some countries in West-Central Africa, tropical timber trade accounts for more than 50 percent of production. Although the tropical timber trade has often been blamed for deforestation, the authors find that it contributes much less to deforestation than do poor policies for the production of tropical timber. Lack...
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1993/07/31
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS1156
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Tropical timber trade policies : what impact will eco-labeling have?
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tropical timber