Oil wealth and the fate of the forest
Subtitle: a comparative study of eight tropical countries
By: Sven Wunder
Series: Routledge explorations in environmental economics -- 2
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects; Petroleum reserves; Rain forests -- Economic aspects; Rain forest ecology; Deforestation -- Tropics
Description: "Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest is a topical and accessible book with numerous implications for policy formulation to decide what can be done to diminish deforestation without jeopardising economic growth. This book needs to be read not only by students and academics involved in environmental economics, but also by decision-makers involved in the conservation and sustainable use of forests."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-414) and indexes