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In many developing countries, deforestation is causing environmental damage while increasing available farmland and generating rural income and employment. This report from the World Bank considers the apparent conflict between poverty reduction and environmental protection in tropical forests and attempts to identify "win-win" policies that support both. Particular attention is paid to the potential opportunities offered by global carbon finance. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses.'At Loggerheads' seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests and poverty. It looks at how policies—modulated by local conditions—act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs or complementarities, depending on the situation. The report brings to the surface problems that impede adoption of favourable policies, describing institutional and technological innovations that might help overcome these impediments.
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