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Green guerrillas : environmental conflicts and initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean : a reader

Title
Green guerrillas : environmental conflicts and initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean : a reader / edited by Helen Collinson.
Publication
London : Latin American Bureau : Distribution in the USA : Monthly Review Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors
Collinson, Helen.
Description
250 pages; 22 cm
Summary
This book profiles the people on the front-line of an environmental war, from indigenous groups and forest settlers to fishing communities, peasant farmers, flower workers, shanty-town activists and many more.
Subject
  • Lateinamerika
  • Environmentalism > Latin America
  • Environmentalism > Caribbean Area
  • Sustainable development > Latin America
  • Sustainable development > Caribbean Area
  • Ecotourism > Latin America
  • Ecotourism > Caribbean Area
  • Environnementalisme > Amérique latine
  • Environnementalisme > Caraïbes (Région)
  • Développement durable > Amérique latine
  • Développement durable > Caraïbes (Région)
  • Écotourisme > Amérique latine
  • Écotourisme > Caraïbes (Région)
  • 71.38 social movements
  • Ecotourism
  • Environmentalism
  • Sustainable development
  • Nachhaltigkeit
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Umweltpolitik
  • Ökologische Bewegung
  • Ecologische beweging
  • Caribbean Area
  • Latin America
  • Indianer
  • Environment
  • South America
  • Caribbean region
  • milieu
  • menselijke activiteit
  • human activity
  • milieueffect
  • environmental impact
  • nadelige gevolgen
  • adverse effects
  • economische ontwikkeling
  • economic development
  • landbouwontwikkeling
  • agricultural development
  • conflict
  • duurzaamheid (sustainability)
  • sustainability
  • latijns-amerika
  • latin america
  • caribisch gebied
  • caribbean
  • Environmental Protection
  • Milieubescherming
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The crisis and movement: continental perspectives -- Indigenous communities and their environments -- Fight for the forest --Modernization: environmental costs and popular responses -- Urban ecowarriors: environmental conflicts and initiatives in Latin American cities.
ISBN
  • 1899365044
  • 9781899365043
LCCN
97175822
OCLC
  • ocm35244105
  • 35244105
  • SCSB-14468465
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library