Tropical Deforestation

Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon

Thomas Rudel, Leslie Sponsel, Bruce Horowitz , Thomas Headland

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English

Columbia University Press
02 September 1996

Forests, rainforests; Management of land & natural resources; Deforestation

Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation

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.

By: Thomas Rudel, Bruce Horowitz
Edited by: Leslie Sponsel, Thomas Headland, Robert Bailey
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780231103190
ISBN 10: 0231103190
Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 September 1996
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

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