Certified tropical timber and consumer behaviour : the impact of a certification scheme for tropical timber from sustainable forest management on German demand /

Boycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value and provides an incentive to burn down forests, making them available for subsequent agricultural use or livestock farming. In contrast, a certification scheme for sustainability produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by...

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Main Author: Brockmann, Karl Ludwig
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Other Authors: Hemmelskamp, Jens, Hohmeyer, Olav, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Mannheim, Germany : Physica-Verlag ; ZEW, 1996.
Series:Environmental and resource economics.
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