Tropical Deforestation
The Human Dimension
Columbia University Press
Will be published approx. on 2. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-231-10319-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
This book deserves attention from every environmental historian concerned with issues affecting the Third World. Environmental History Recommended as a useful resource for upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. ChoiceMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
72 illus
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
539 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-10319-0 (9780231103190)
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09/1996
Columbia University Press
€115.32
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Persons
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.