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9780520217997

Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520217997

  • ISBN10:

    0520217993

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-12-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

An overview of the international events which in the last thirty years have caused the rapid destruction of the world's tropical forests and an argument for the case that the best way to conserve remaining forests is through the management of the land by the indigenous people who depend on the forest for their survival.

Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Dismal Record
Forest Use and Misuse
Why Tropical Forests Decline
Stirrings in the Field
The Road to Bendum
Village Forests in India
Conservation in Indonesia
Africa's Cornucopia and Scorpion
Learning from Latin America
The Way Ahead
Shifting the Balance
Helping from Afar
Future Imperatives
Notes
Further Reading
Index
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