Life after logging : the impacts of commercial timber extraction in tropical rainforests / principal author: Joanna Haworth ; edited by: Simon Counsell

"A review carried out for: The Rainforest Foundation UK, Rettet den Regenwald, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Environmental Defence Fund, and Greenpeace International"

Includes bibliographical references

This report, which is a follow-up to Friends of the Earth's Life after Logging published in 1992, provides the latest research on the impacts of logging on a rainforest's structure, its physical functions, its wildlife and its people. The methods of 'reduced impact logging' are also examined and the question of whether sustainable forest management in tropical rainforests is actually possible is explored. Providing examples from tropical forests all over the world, this report sends a sobering message to the timber industry, governments and international institutions that many factors have to be taken into account before deciding whether a logging operation is truly 'sustainable.' This report concludes with the need for more research into so-called 'reduced impact logging' and above all for the precautionary principal to be reflected upon and implemented throughout all forest policies