ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|10 pages

The rise and fall of forests

chapter 3|12 pages

Genesis of a treaty: the ITTA takes shape

chapter 4|10 pages

ITTO's early days: optimism and experiment

chapter 6|11 pages

From Abidjan to Bali: a radical new agenda

chapter 7|24 pages

The case of Sarawak

chapter 8|15 pages

Ferment 1990–1992

chapter 11|10 pages

The many roads from UNCED

chapter 12|12 pages

ITTO's road to 1995: ENGOs diverge

chapter 13|7 pages

1995–2000: getting on with the job

chapter 14|36 pages

Year 2000 Report: the curate's egg

chapter 15|17 pages

Reaction: false start, new energy

chapter 16|18 pages

Policies in action: some case studies

chapter 17|4 pages

ITTO: agent of change

chapter 18|12 pages

Changing landscapes, future prospects 1