nature of Chinese empire. Because dominant European forestry models do not neatly overlap with the non-Western world, China …"The disappearance of China's naturally occurring forests is one of the most significant environmental shifts in the … country's history, one often blamed on imperial demand for lumber. China's early modern forest history is typically viewed as …

gap between intent and impact of forest policies, focusing on three African societies facing persistent deforestation … today: Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda. The central claim of the study is that deforestation persists because conservation …