The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments /
The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments /
edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto.
- Tokyo : United Nations University Press, ©1995.
- 1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Includes bibliographical references.
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 / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa -- pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain fu.
"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
English.
058522997X (electronic bk.) 9780585229973 (electronic bk.) 9789280808773 928080877X (pbk.)
Environmental policy--Latin America.
Ecology--Latin America.
Ecology--Tropics.
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--Amérique latine.
SCIENCE--Environmental Science (see also Chemistry--Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Environmental Policy.
Ecology.
Environmental policy.
Latin America.
Tropics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GE190.L29 / F73 1995eb
363.7/0098
Includes bibliographical references.
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 / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa -- pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain fu.
"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
English.
058522997X (electronic bk.) 9780585229973 (electronic bk.) 9789280808773 928080877X (pbk.)
Environmental policy--Latin America.
Ecology--Latin America.
Ecology--Tropics.
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--Amérique latine.
SCIENCE--Environmental Science (see also Chemistry--Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Environmental Policy.
Ecology.
Environmental policy.
Latin America.
Tropics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GE190.L29 / F73 1995eb
363.7/0098