Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon

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Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon Editors: Robert C. Bailey, Thomas N. Headland, Leslie E. Sponsel Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Columbia University Press
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Pages: 352 Illustrations and other contents: 72 illus Language: English ISBN: 9780231103190 Categories: , , , ,

While many studies of tropical deforestation neglect the indigenous people of the forests, this book 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 deforestation from a wide range of fields including biological ecology, forest history, conservation biology, anthropology, political economy, and development economics. The book covers Central and South America, Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent.

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This book deserves attention from every environmental historian concerned with issues affecting the Third World. Environmental History Recommended as a useful resource for upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. Choice

Author Biography

LESLIE E. SPONSEL is professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii. THOMAS N. HEADLAND teaches at the University of Texas, Arlington. ROBERT C. BAILEY is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.