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Tropical deforestation : the human dimension
- Title
- Tropical deforestation : the human dimension / edited by Leslie E. Sponsel, Thomas N. Headland, and Robert C. Bailey ; with a foreword by Jeffrey A. McNeely.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1996.
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- Description
- xxviii, 365 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- While many studies of tropical deforestation neglect the indigenous people of the forests, Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension 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 the major global crisis of deforestation from a wide range of fields including biological ecology, forest history, conservation biology, anthropology, political economy, and development economics.
- Tropical Deforestation, enriched with more than fifty photographs, illustrations, and tables, along with a comprehensive bibliography, includes coverage of Central and South America, Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent.
- Considering the effects of natural resource use in prehistory and colonial history and the rapid ecosystem depletion occuring today, investigating new technologies and efforts to involve indigenous people in conservation and development, the book presents an excellent overview of the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to deforestation.
- Series Statement
- Methods and cases in conservation science
- Biology and resource management in the tropics
- Uniform Title
- Biology and resource management in the tropics series.
- Methods and cases in conservation science.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- 1. Anthropological Perspectives on the Causes, Consequences, and Solutions of Deforestation / Leslie E. Sponsel, Robert C. Bailey and Thomas N. Headland -- 2. The Role of Deforestation in the Collapse of the Late Classic Copan Maya State / Elliot M. Abrams, AnneCorinne Freter, David J. Rue and John D. Wingard -- 3. Forests and Polynesian Adaptations / Brien A. Meilleur -- 4. Deforestation and Human-Forest Relationships: What Can We Learn From India / Janis B. Alcorn and Augusta Molnar -- 5. The Political Economy of Colonial Farm Forestry in Kenya: The View from Kirinyaga / Alfonso Peter Castro -- 6. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon / Emilio F. Moran -- 7. Forty Years of Political Ecology in the Peruvian Upper Forest: The Case of the Upper Huallaga / Eduardo Bedoya and Lorien Klein -- 8. The Political Ecology of Deforestation in Honduras / Susan Stonich and Billie R. DeWalt --
- 9. The Human Niche and Rain Forest Preservation in Southern Central America / James Vandemeer -- 10. Logging in the Congo: Implications for the Indigenous Foragers and Farmers / David S. Wilkie -- 11. After Deforestation: Migrant Lowland Farmers in the Philippines Uplands / James F. Eder -- 12. The Divided Island of New Guinea: People, Development, and Deforestation / Carolyn D. Cook -- 13. The Use of Satellite Imagery and Anthropology to Assess the Causes of Deforestation in Madagascar / Robert W. Sussman, Glen M. Green and Linda K. Sussman -- 14. Promoting Biodiversity and Empowering Local People in Central African Forests / Robert C. Bailey.
- ISBN
- 0231103182 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0231103190 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95047256
- OCLC
- 33897507
- ocm33897507
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries