Globalization and the acceleration of forest destruction since Rio

It might be assumed that since the 1992 Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro the pace of environmental destruction has slowed down. Unfortunately, no concrete programmes emerged from that meeting and even if they had, they would almost certainly have been reversed with the growth of the global economy and...

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Published in:The Ecologist (1979) 1998-11, Vol.28 (6), p.354-362
Main Author: Menotti, Victor
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Clearcutting
Conferences
Deforestation
Economic models
Environmental aspects
Environmental degradation
Environmental policy
Forestry
Forests and forestry
Free trade and protection
General agreement on tariffs and trade
Global economy
Globalization
International aspects
International cooperation
Sustainable development
Trade agreements
Treaties
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Summary:It might be assumed that since the 1992 Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro the pace of environmental destruction has slowed down. Unfortunately, no concrete programmes emerged from that meeting and even if they had, they would almost certainly have been reversed with the growth of the global economy and the GATT and other subsequent free-trade agreements.
ISSN:0261-3131