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ecological disaster the world loses 50-100 acres of rainforests every minute this loss has very serious consequences such as irreversible loss of valuable plant and animal species and global warming the two-volume dossier puts together major articles on tropical rainforests by leading scientists environmental activists and groups the articles discuss among other things why the forests are vital to human survival the rate and causes of their destruction the plight of forest peoples and how the forests can be saved malaysia rm95 third world us$42 others us$65 size 21.3cm x 29.7cm no of pages vol 1 ­ 528pg vol 2 ­ 430pg year 1992 the struggle for land and the fate of the forests more development this book challenges these assumptions deforestation it argues is an expression of structural inequalities within tropical countries and in their relations with the industrial north throwing aid money into the development pot will only accelerate forest loss if these structural issues are not simultaneously addressed based on six country studies from latin america asia and africa to illustrate the real complexity of the problem and the diversity of situations that exist this book shows how land concentration land speculation and landlessness are the main causes of improvident land use poor people denied land and livelihood are being forced into the forests in ever increasing numbers for sheer survival often encouraged by government and development agency funding meanwhile the lands they have been forced to abandon are turned over to agribusiness producing cash crops for export agrarian reform must be moved to the top of the global agenda without land and food security rural communities will become increasingly destabilized and impoverished and vulnerable ecosystems will be destroyed local people must be allowed to regain control over their land and their economies and third world debt cancelled malaysia rm25 third world us$11 others us$17 size 14cm x 21.5cm no of pages 402 year 1993 isbn 1-85649-140-4 institut masyarakat institut masyarakat is an independent non-profit institute involved in research on economic and cultural developments in the third world in general and malaysia in particular the malay house rediscovering malaysia s indigenous shelter system lim jee yuan the traditional malay house is one of the richest components of malaysia s cultural heritage designed and built by the villagers themselves it manifests the creative and aesthetic skills of the malays it is a near-perfect houseform which is appropriate to local climatic conditions and expresses the way of life of its inhabitants the house is extremely well designed to suit the warm and humid malaysian climate and for the optimal and multifunctional use of space its design is also flexible as it caters to the widely different needs of the users and it has an addition system which allows the house to be extended to meet the growing needs of each family edited by marcus colchester larry lohmann a co-publication with zed books deforestation they tell us is caused by poverty overpopulation and underdevelopment the solutions are therefore obvious-fewer people and 23

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