Central Bank of Nigeria Library

Oil wealth and the fate of tropical rainforests :

Wunder, Sven.

Oil wealth and the fate of tropical rainforests : a comparative study of eight tropical countries / Sven Wunder. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - xxi, 432 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 2 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-414) and index.

the book is a study of eight tropical oil producing countries. it examines the linkages between trade macroeconomics and policies affecting the environment. this is a balanced and comprehensive review, including a detailed assessment of land use in Cameroon,Ecuador, Gabon, Papua, New Guinea and venezuela.

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Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects.
Petroleum reserves.
Rain forests--Economic aspects.
Rain forest ecology.
Deforestation--Tropics.

TD195.P4 / W86 2003

333.75/0913