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Title The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments / edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto
Published Tokyo : United Nations University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps
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 / 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Environmental policy -- Latin America
Ecology -- Latin America
Ecology -- Tropics
42.95 nature conservation.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Ecology
Environmental policy
Nachhaltigkeit
Umweltverträglichkeit
Kongress
Duurzaamheid.
Management.
Milieu.
Écologie -- Amérique latine.
Développement durable.
Ecosystèmes -- Amérique latine.
Gestion des ressources naturelles -- Brésil (nord-est)
Gestion des ressources naturelles -- Amazonie.
Ecologie des régions tropicales.
AMAZON RIVER BASIN.
TROPICAL AREAS.
TROPICAL FORESTS.
ECOSYSTEMS.
AMAZON REGION.
PERU.
BRAZIL.
RAIN.
ARID ZONES.
AGROFORESTRY.
FOREST MANAGEMENT.
LATIN AMERICA.
Latin America
Tropics
Amazonastiefland
Amérique latine.
Genre/Form Congresses (form)
Form Electronic book
Author Nishizawa, Toshie, 1929-
Uitto, Juha I.
LC no. 96215423
ISBN 058522997X
9780585229973
9789280808773
928080877X