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Tropical rainforests : Latin American nature and society in transition. Susan E. Place, editor

Place, Susan E (1947-) 1993

Available at 33MQB MQB  Magasin  (A 32992 )

  • Title:
    Tropical rainforests : Latin American nature and society in transition. Susan E. Place, editor
  • Author: Place, Susan E (1947-)
  • Subjects: Forêts pluviales -- Amérique latine;
    Écologie des forêts pluviales -- Amérique latine;
    Déboisement -- Amérique latine;
    Rain forests -- Latin America;
    Rain forests -- Economic aspects -- Latin America;
    Rain forest ecology -- Latin America;
    Rain forest conservation -- Latin America;
    Deforestation -- Latin America
  • Description: Includes bibliographical references.
    Green mansions [excerpts] / William H. Hudson The vortex [excerpt] / José Eustasio Rivera The naturalist on the river Amazons [excerpts] / Henry Walter Bates Environmental limitations on culture in the tropical forest / Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Civilization and its discontents / Katherine Milton The whys and wherefores of deforestation / John Terborgh The scourge of cows / James J. Parsons Transnationals and oil in Amazonia / Koy Thomson and Nigel Dudley The militarization and industrialization of Amazonia: The Calha Norte and Grande Carajás Programs / Dave Treece Central America: Political ecology and U.S. foreign policy / Joshua Karliner Who is destroying the Amazon rainforest? [excerpt] / José A. Lutzenberger Deforestation: A Brazilian perspective Tadeu Valadares Tropical forests: A plan for action / The Ecologist A glimpse at some tropical habitats / John Terborgh Natural-resource losses reduce Costa Rican GNP gains / David R. Francis A cornucopia of foods / Norman Myers The healing forest / Mark Plotkin Alternatives to forest destruction: Lessons from the Mêbêngôkre Indians / Darrell A. Posey Colonization lessons from a tropical forest / Nigel J. H. Smith Fight for the forest: Building bridges / Chico Mendes Guardians of the forest: Indigenist policies in the Colombian Amazon / Peter Bunyard Demystifying the tragedy of the commons: The resin tappers of Honduras / Denise Stanley Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity / A. B. Cunningham Debt-for-nature swaps: Who really benefits? / Rhona Mahony Protected areas in tropical rainforests: Five lessons / James D. Nations Alternative rainforest uses / John O. Browder Peru's rainforest: The kindest cut / Kathryn Philips U.S. drug firm signs up to farm tropical forests / William Booth Tourism damages Amazon region / Ty Harrington How a monkey saved the jungle / Michael Lipske
  • Publisher: Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1993
  • Creation Date: 1993
  • Format: xxi, 229 p. : maps ; 24 cm
  • Language: English
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