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Type:
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Book Chapter |
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Author:
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Tuite, Philomena; Brown, David |
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Book Title:
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The EU Tropical Forestry Sourcebook |
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Publisher:
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Overseas Development Institute |
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Location:
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London |
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Page(s):
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231-244 |
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Date:
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1998 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4912
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Sector:
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Forestry
History |
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Region:
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Europe |
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Subject(s):
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forest policy
foreign aid
NGOs
project implementation
forestry--tropics
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Abstract:
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"The history of Ireland is reflected in the history of its forests. The rural idyll which characterises external perceptions of Ireland belies a land which is one of the most deforested in Europe, and whose deforestation has been, to a significant extent, a manifestly political
phenomenon. Ireland, never itself a colonial power, was long a colony of another European nation (Britain). This dependent status, and the injustices and hardships which accompanied it (most notably the Great Famine of 1845-9), have had their influence on Irish attitudes to humanitarian aid. They have contributed to the solidarity which many Irish people feel with the developing world, a solidarity underwritten by Ireland's long history of missionary work and its prominent role
in international peacekeeping and humanitarian affairs."
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