The Business of Sustainable Forestry Case Study - Portico S. A: Portico S. A. Strategic Decisions 1982-1997 (Business of Sustainable Forestry; Analyses and Case Studies) [Paperback]

Betty J. Diener (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1559636262 | ISBN-13: 978-1559636261 | Publication Date: June 1, 1999 | Edition: 1

Increasingly, countries encounter a dilemma: How to protect their forests while maximizing their economic potential. In developing countries the dilemma is particularly acute. Poverty leads to multiple, short-term demands on forests, and governments in poorer countries are often unable to mediate economic demands on forests with the broader concerns of forest sustainability. In such an environment, wood products companies find it harder to secure reliable supplies of high quality tropical hardwoods, and to operate where governments are increasingly regulating forest management. Portico, S.A., of Costa Rica, has confronted those challenges by adopting sustainable forest management (SFM) as a means to obtain a stable supply of high quality logs that it can use to manufacture high-end residential mahogany doors and accommodate increasingly stringent controls on the use of commercial forests. This booklet contains the history of logging practices in Costa Rica as well as Portico's market and strategic decisions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 13 pages
• Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559636262
• ISBN-13: 978-1559636261
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,742,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)