International Political Economy Series

Gale, F.

Gale explains why international negotiations have not produced a sustainable solution to tropical rainforest degradation. Using an innovative, critical approach to international regimes, the author analyzes the structure and operation of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). He shows how the timber industry and producing- and consuming-country governments created a blocking alliance that favoured developmentalist interests and ideas. The ITTO bolstered this alliance by permitting environmentalists merely to voice, but not to negotiate, their concerns.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1998-10-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780312213176

DOI: 10.1057/9780230371521

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 287