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FROM VOLUME 7, NUMBER 4, APRIL 1994
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Item #d94apr116
 Three
books on deforestation reviewed by D. Hall, New Scientist,
pp. 42-43, Dec. 4, 1993:
The Struggle for Land and the Fate of the Forests, M.
Colchester, L. Lohmann, Eds., 389 pp., 1993, £32.95/$49.95
cloth, £12.95/$17.50 paper (Zed Books). Concerns the
exploitation of indigenous groups by economic and social
pressures as a cause of deforestation.
Who Will Save the Forests? Knowledge, Power and
Environmental Destruction, T. Banjuri, F.A. Marglin, Eds.,
195 pp., 1993, £32.95/$55 cloth, £11.95/$17.50 paper (Zed
Books). Four case studies in India, Finland and the U.S. lead to
the conclusion that management of forests should incorporate
indigenous methods.
World Forests for the Future: Their Use and Conservation,
K. Ramakrishna, G.M. Woodwell, Eds., 156 pp., 1993,
£14.94/$20 (Yale). Seven papers that argue for establishing an
international forestry commission that would stimulate the fusion
of ecological and economic interests.
Item #d94apr117
The
Earthscan Reader in Tropical Forestry, S. Rietbergen, Ed.,
350 pp., Jan. 1994, £19.95 (Earthscan/Island).
Discusses issues of tropical forest management, including
biodiversity, sustainable management, slash-and-burn agriculture,
and indigenous peoples.
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