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Carving Out Future: Forests, Livelihoods And The International Woodcarving Trade
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from Earthscan / James & James (October 30, 2005)
9781844070459 | details & prices | 293 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $69.95
About: * Examines the links between woodcarving and deforestation, conservation, and international trade with case studies from Australia, India, Africa, and Mexico* Highlights the vital importance of traditional industries to rural economies: more money and jobs are generated per unit of wood in woodcarving than in any other part of the timber industry* Part of the cutting-edge People and Plants seriesMuch has been published on the impacts of logging in tropical forests for timber, but relatively little has yet been written about the effects of felling hardwood and softwood trees for commercial scale woodcarving enterprises.
About: * Examines the links between woodcarving and deforestation, conservation, and international trade with case studies from Australia, India, Africa, and Mexico* Highlights the vital importance of traditional industries to rural economies: more money and jobs are generated per unit of wood in woodcarving than in any other part of the timber industry* Part of the cutting-edge People and Plants seriesMuch has been published on the impacts of logging in tropical forests for timber, but relatively little has yet been written about the effects of felling hardwood and softwood trees for commercial scale woodcarving enterprises.