Are we approaching 'peak timber'in the tropics?

P Shearman, J Bryan, WF Laurance - Biological Conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, tropical timber production in many Asia–Pacific countries has
been akin to the symmetric logistic distribution curve, or 'Hubbert Curve', observed in the …

[图书][B] Expulsions: Brutality and complexity in the global economy

S Sassen - 2014 - books.google.com
Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and
imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today's socioeconomic and …

[图书][B] Expulsiones: brutalidad y complejidad en la economía global

S Sassen - 2015 - books.google.com
La economía global no se expande sin consecuencias: creciente desigualdad y desempleo,
cada vez más poblaciones desplazadas o encarceladas, destrucción de la tierra y del agua …

Land grabs today: Feeding the disassembling of national territory

S Sassen - Land Grabbing and Global Governance, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
This essay focuses on the larger assemblage of elements that promoted and facilitated the
sharp increase in foreign land acquisitions by governments and firms since 2006. The …

Mining and the African environment

DP Edwards, S Sloan, L Weng, P Dirks… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Africa is on the verge of a mining boom. We review the environmental threats from African
mining development, including habitat alteration, infrastructure expansion, human migration …

A massive loss of habitat: New drivers for migration

S Sassen - Sociology of Development, 2016 - online.ucpress.edu
The paper examines three emergent migration flows, each with specific features that can be
described as extreme. The effort organizing the paper is to understand conditions at places …

Impacts of international timber procurement policies on Central Africa's forestry sector: The case of Cameroon

RE Atyi, S Assembe-Mvondo, G Lescuyer… - Forest policy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Public concerns about the environmental credentials of timber products have led to the
introduction of procurement policies that add criteria other than price into the decision …

Evolution of drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin forests: Exploring possible policy options to address forest loss

YT Tegegne, M Lindner, K Fobissie, M Kanninen - Land use policy, 2016 - Elsevier
In the context of assessing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation (DD), for effective
implementation of REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) …

[图书][B] Expulsions. Brutalité et complexité dans l'économie globale

S Sassen - 2016 - journals.openedition.org
Expulsions? Ce sont, entre autres exemples, neuf millions de foyers américains chassés de
chez eux par la saisie de leur maison suite à la transformation de leur crédit d'accession à la …

[PDF][PDF] Land rights and the rush for land: Findings of the global commercial

W Anseeuw, LA Wily, L Cotula, M Taylor - ILC: Rome, Italy, 2012 - researchgate.net
Land Rights Page 1 Findings of the Global Commercial Pressures on Land Research Project
Ward Anseeuw, Liz Alden Wily, Lorenzo Cotula, and Michael Taylor and the Rush for Land …