The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments / edited by T...
The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments / edited by T...
The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments / edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto.
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Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1995.
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N363.70098/2
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English
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x, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
pt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopín and Manuel Winograd. Rich and poor ecosystems of Amazonia : an approach to management / Emilio F. Moran. Archaeological perspectives on the potential of Amazonia for intensive exploitation / Bett...
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Publisher
Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1995.
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
"Amazonia and adjacent lands have tremendous environmental variations, and approaches to the sustainable management of these fragile lands must be different. Geographers Hiraoka, Nishizawa, Sternberg, and Yagasaki have important contributions among the 14 articles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/...
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The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments / edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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c1995.
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N363.70098/2
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74VvNKAwpxMl
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928080877X (pbk.)
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363.70098
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991012870999702626
