Changing Landscapes : The Development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and Its Influence on Tropical Forest Management

This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies. This is a history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), its aims, policies and achievements, drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies. [from publisher's advertisement] This history of the International Tropical Timber Organization explores the management of tropical forests - which are among the world's most critical ecosystems and natural resources. Past successes and failures are used to formulate a 21st-century agenda to improve forest management It may seem rather perverse to begin a book about forests and trade in this century with a flashback to the descent of the precursors of our species from the trees some 4 million years ago; but it is far from irrelevant. Duncan Poore. Itto. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [277]-280) And Index.