Abstract

In recent years, concern about the destruction of tropical forests has led to increased interest in the role of the international timber trade in promoting deforestation in the tropics. At the same time, concerted international efforts led by global institutions such as the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF), are searching for ways to improve the role of trade in providing incentives for more sustainable, long-term management of tropical forests. This linkage between sustainable forest management and the international trade in forest products was also enshrined in the global Forest Principles Accord of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at Rio de Janeiro.

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