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Rainforests : land use options for Amazonia / Craig Johnson, Richard Knowles, Marcus Colchester.

Title
Rainforests : land use options for Amazonia / Craig Johnson, Richard Knowles, Marcus Colchester.
Author
Johnson, Craig.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press [and] WWF United Kingdom in association with Survival International, 1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Knowles, Richard.
  • Colchester, Marcus.
  • World Wildlife Fund UK.
Description
75 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 25 cm.
Summary
Describes ecology and land use patterns in the Amazon Basin and discusses the dangers of deforestation in the area and its consequences. Covers the decline of the Yanomami people from diseases and loss of land and describes their life style and agricultural methods.
Subject
  • Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Valley
  • Land use > Amazon River Valley
  • Rain forests
  • Exploitation
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [76]
ISBN
0199133395 (pbk) :
LCCN
gb^90016784^
OCLC
21229618
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library