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Rosewood

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Rosewood: Endangered Species Conservation and the Rise of Global China by Annah Lake Zhu. This book is a study of the booming rosewood trade between China and Madagascar and the pieties of the global aid industry. Zhu offers a rigorous look at what environmentalism and biodiversity protection might look like in a world no longer dominated by the West.

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Rosewood is the world’s most trafficked endangered species by value, accounting for larger outlays than ivory, rhino horn, and big cats put together. Nearly all rosewood logs are sent to China, fueling a $26 billion market for classically styled furniture. Vast expeditions across Asia and Africa search for the majestic timber, and legions of Chinese ships sail for Madagascar, where rosewood is purchased straight from the forest.

The international response has been to interdict the trade, but in this incisive account Annah Lake Zhu suggests that environmentalists have misunderstood both the intent and the effect of China’s appetite for rosewood, causing social and ecological damage in the process.


256 pages published on 06th of July 2022 by Harvest University Press.

Features 19 photos, 4 illustration and 2 world maps.

About the Author:
Annah Lake Zhu is Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, a veteran of the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, and a former Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar. Her work has been published in Science, Geoforum, and Political Geography.

Ingredients / Materials

Hardcover

Dimensions

15.5cm x 23.5 cm

Circular life

Cardboard packaging - recycle or compost.

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