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Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation
Author(s): Arild Angelsen (Editor), David Kaimowitz
- Publisher: CABI Publishing
- Publication Date: 20 April 2001
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 440 pages
- ISBN-10: 0851994512
- ISBN-13: 9780851994512
Book Description
This book has been developed from a workshop on Technological change in agriculture and tropical deforestation organised by the Center for International Forestry Research and held in Costa Rica in March, 1999. It explores how intensification of agriculture affects tropical deforestation using case studies from different geographical regions, using different agricultural products and technologies and in differing demographic situations and market conditions. Guidance is also given on future agricultural research and extension efforts.
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About the Author
Arild Angelsen is a Professor of Economics & Resource Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and a Senior Associate of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia. He is coordinator of the Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) and has broad experience from research in design and management and fieldwork in Indonesia and Eastern Africa.
