The battles to protect ancient forests and spotted owls in the Northwest splashed across the evening news in the 1980s and early 1990s. Empire of Timber re-examines this history to demonstrate that workers used their unions to fight for a healthy workplace environment and sustai…
"There is genuine cause for concern over the excessive exploitation of tropical forests in many regions, but also many misconceptions about its causes and sources." "The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trad…
"There is genuine cause for concern over the excessive exploitation of tropical forests in many regions, but also many misconceptions about its causes and sources." "The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trad…
"Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an aficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instrument was made, the wood it is made from, and that wood’s unique effect on the instrument’s sound. In The Guitar, Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren follow that fascination a…
"Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an afficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instruments were made. And she will likely also tell you about the wood they were made from and its unique effects on the instruments' sound. In Following Guitars, Chris Gibs…
"Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an afficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instruments were made. And she will likely also tell you about the wood they were made from and its unique effects on the instruments' sound. In Following Guitars, Chris Gibs…
"Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an afficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instruments were made. And she will likely also tell you about the wood they were made from and its unique effects on the instruments' sound. In Following Guitars, Chris Gibs…
"In the Qing period (1644-1912), China's population tripled, and the flurry of new development generated unprecedented demand for timber. Standard environmental histories have often depicted this as an era of reckless deforestation, akin to the resource misuse that devastated Eu…
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.
Cork O'Connor is called in to investigate when a deadly explosion rocks the lumber mill of Karl Lindstrom, a wealthy, anti-environmentalist industrialist, whose mill is near an ancient tract of pine forest sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe. "Not far from Aurora, Minnesota (popula…
"Not far from Aurora, Minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe. When an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist Karl Lindstrom's nearby lumber mill, it's obvious where suspicion will fall. For…
Sobre todos los procesos judiciales y debates que enfrentaron el Estado peruano, representado por el INRENA, y un consorcio peruano-norteamericano de empresas forestales, luego de la incursión no autorizada en los bosques de cedro y caoba en Madre de Dios.
Sobre todos los procesos judiciales y debates que enfrentaron el Estado peruano, representado por el INRENA, y un consorcio peruano-norteamericano de empresas forestales, luego de la incursión no autorizada en los bosques de cedro y caoba en Madre de Dios.