Changing Tropical Forests begins with an overview of the history of deforestation in tropical America and the tasks facing Latin American environmental historians. Based on proceedings of a 1991 conference sponsored by the Forest History Society and IUFRO Forest History Group in Costa Rica, the contributors offer detailed accounts of the enivornmental history of specific forest conditions, grasslands, and changing ecosystems of Costa Rica, Mexico, Surinam, and Brazil. the role of human intervention in this process of change is also discussed.Contributors. William Balee, James R. Barborak, Peter Boomgaard, Larissa V. Brown, Gerardo Budowski, John Dargavel, Warren Dean, Silvia del Amo R., Elizabeth Graham, J. Regis Guillaumon, Rhena Hoffmann, Sally P. Horn, Sebastiao Kengen, Herman W. Konrad, Mary Pamela Lehmann, Robert D. Leier, Murdo J. MacLeod, M. Patricia Marchak, Elinor G. K. Melville, David M. Pendergast, Susan M. Pierce, Leslie E. Sponsel, Richard P. Tucker, Terry West
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Richard P. Tucker is Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental History at the University of Michigan.
Introduction / Harold K. Steen vii
Keynote Addresses
Perceptions of Deforestation in Tropical Areas: The Last 50 Years / Gerardo Budowski 1
The Tasks of Latin American Environmental History / Warren Dean 5
Section I: Central America
Microfossils and Forest History in Costa Rica / Sally P. Horn 16
Exploitation of Natural Resources in Colonial Central America: Indian and Spanish Approaches / Murdo J. MacLeod 31
Environmental History of La Selva Biological Station: How Colonization and Deforestation of Sarapiqui Canton, Costa Rica, Have Altered the Ecological Content of the Station / Susan M. Pierce 40
Deforestation and Changing Land-Use Patterns in Costa Rica / Mary Pamela Lehmann 58
Perspectives on Educational Programs and Policies Underlying Natural Resources Development in the Canton of Coto Brus: A Case Study of a Rural Costa Rican Community / Robert D. Leier 77
History of Protected Areas and Their Management in Central America / James R. Barborak 93
Section II: Mexico
Maya Urbanism and Ecological Change / Elizabeth Graham and David M. Pendergast 102
La Importancia Ecologica Y Economica De Las Tecnologias Tradicionales En La Agri- Y Silvicultura En Areas De Bosque Tropical Humedo En Mexico / Rhena Hoffmann 110
Tropical Forest Policy and Practice During the Mexican Porfiriato, 1876-1910 / Herman W. Konrad 123
The Long-Term Effects of the Introduction of Sheep into Semi-Arid Sub-Tropical Regions / Elinor G. K. Melville 144
Problems of Forest Conservation: A Feasible Mechanism for Biodiversity Conservation / Silvia del Amo R 154
Section III: Brazil and Amazonia
Urban Growth, Economic Expansion, and Deforestation in Late Colonial Rio de Janeiro / Larissa V. Brown 165
Forest Management in Brazil: A Historical Perspective / Sebastiao Kengen 176
Indigenous History and Amazonian Biodiversity / William Balee 185
Como El Hombre Se Aposo De La Tierra Indigena En El "Pontal Do Paranapanema" En El Estado De "Sao Paulo" / J. Regis Guillaumon 198
Promise and Performance of Industrial Plantations in Two Regions of Australia and Brazil / John Dargavel and Sebastiao Kengen 217
The Environmental History of Amazonia: Natural and Human Disturbances, and the Ecological Transition / Leslie E. Sponsel 233
Section IV: Timber Extraction and Forestry Since Colonial Times
Exploitation and Management of the Surinam Forests 1600-1975 / Peter Boomgaard 252
Foreign Investors, Timber Extraction, and Forest Depletion in Central America Before 1941 / Richard P. Tucker 265
USDA Forest Service Involvement in Post World War II International Forestry / Terry West 277
Latin America and the Creation of a Global Forest Industry / M. Patricia Marchak 292
Author Affiliation 301
