Tropical Deforestation - Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-231-10319-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation

While many studies of tropical deforestation neglect the indigenous people of the forests, this book illuminates the insights local people have into conservation of their ecosystems, the effects of habitation on those ecosystems, and the impact of development and natural resource depletion on their lives. The authors present fresh perspectives on deforestation from a wide range of fields including biological ecology, forest history, conservation biology, anthropology, political economy, and development economics. The book covers Central and South America, Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rudel, Thomas

Horowitz, Bruce

Sponsel, Leslie

Headland, Thomas

Bailey, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Entwaldung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Wälder

Über Autor(innen)

LESLIE E. SPONSEL is professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii.THOMAS N. HEADLAND teaches at the University of Texas, Arlington.ROBERT C. BAILEY is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.