Subsidy from nature, the: palm forests, peasantry, and the development of amazon frontier
Auteur :
Anderson, Anthony / May, Peter / Balick, Michael
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231072229
Date de publication :
18 nov. 1991
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines the regeneration of babassu palm trees on deforested land in Amazonian Brazil, how it is being used by the rural populations, and how development policies are undermining this gift. Concludes by critiquing the conventional model of ecology and proposing a new one. Annotation copyright Book