Private or Socialistic Forestry?

1. Rationale of the Book. 1.1 Problem of Continuous Tropical Deforestation. 1.2 Research on Causes of Tropical Deforestation. 1.3 Forest Transitions in Finland. 1.4 Role of Theories and Purpose of the Book. 1.5 Structure of the Book. References.- 2. Theory, Method and Data. 2.1 Sustained Yield Industrial Forestry. 2.2 Existing Theories of Forest Transition. 2.3 Theory of Ecological Economics. 2.4 Theory of Institutional Economics. 2.5 Theories of Property Rights and Public Goods. 2.6 Forest-based Development Theory. 2.7 Universal System Causality Model of Forest Transition. 2.8 Methods and Data. 2.9 Discussion. References.- 3. Evolution of Preindustrial Forestry in Finland. 3.1 Hunting and Gathering Economy. 3.2 Shifting Cultivation. 3.3 Conversion of Forests for Agriculture. 3.4 Industrial Exploitation of Forests. 3.5 Great Land Reform. 3.6 State Regulatory Institutions. 3.7 Informal Institutions. 3.8 International Impacts. 3.9 Discussion. References.- 4. Transition to Industrial Forestry in Finland. 4.1 De Facto Transition 1900-1960. 4.2 Ecological Conditions. 4.3 Informal Institutions. 4.4 Formal Institutions. 4.5 Enforcement of Institutions. 4.6 Forest-based Development. 4.7 Coevolution of Forestry and Society. 4.8 Inter-Sector Factors. 4.9 International Factors. 4.10 Transition to Postindustrial Forestry after 1960. 4.11 Discussion and Conclusions. References.- 5. Deforestation in the Tropics. 5.1 Deforestation Tragedy of Socialistic Forestry. 5.2 Causes of deforestation in poor and less poor tropical countries. 5.3 Underlying causes of expansion of plantations forests among tropical countries. 5.4 Causes and scenarios of deforestation in Mexico. 5.5 Role of tropical forests in alleviation of poverty. 5.6 Wild West in Uses of Forest Data in Deforestation Studies. 5.7 Failures in Global Forest Politics. 5.8 Discussion and Conclusions.- 6. Private Forestry, Community Forestry or Socialistic-Forestry for Forest Transition? 6.1 Comparison of Findingsfrom the

From the reviews:"The text examines why Finland has been successful in curbing deforestation and compares the processes with those taking place in the tropics. ... The text is easy to read and very well written and organized. Each section contains a good introduction and conclusion. ... This book is an excellent guide for those seeking to combat deforestation and should be a boon to those who want a model to follow especially at the national level." (H. Gyde Lund, Amazon, June, 2012)

From the reviews:

"The text examines why Finland has been successful in curbing deforestation and compares the processes with those taking place in the tropics. ... The text is easy to read and very well written and organized. Each section contains a good introduction and conclusion. ... This book is an excellent guide for those seeking to combat deforestation and should be a boon to those who want a model to follow especially at the national level." (H. Gyde Lund, Amazon, June, 2012)

"The purpose of the book is to present a 'universal forest transition theory' and to apply this theory ex post (looking back) to forest transition in Finland during the past hundred years and ex ante (looking ahead) to contemporary tropical deforestation. ... The book, which contains a wealth of experience, useful data and references to related scientific studies, is considered indispensible for graduate students of political science, international forestry, geography, environment science and related fields. ... It should be available in all relevant research libraries." (Klaus von Gadow, Forstarchiv, Vol. 83 (5), 2012)