Tropical Forest Conservation - An Economic Assessment of the Alternatives in Latin America

Zusatztext '...in bringing together and assessing available information on these important! but not always well understood! questions! Dr Southgate has made a useful addition to the literature on tropical forest conservation and use. This well presented and balanced volume should be of interest to a wide range of those concerned with both conservation and developmental aspects of tropical forests. Klappentext This book demonstrates that local communities rarely benefit from the environmentally sound enterprises being promoted in and around threatened habitats! either because those enterprises are unprofitable or because benefits are captured by outsiders providing key services like reliable transportation. The author contends that human capital formation and related productivity-enhancing investment is the only sure path to economic progress and habitat conservation. Zusammenfassung National parks, like those found in wealthy nations, have proven difficult to establish in Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, where inhabitants are resistant to change. This text explores the alternative of integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) and related initiatives.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Southgate, Douglas (Professor of Agricultural Econ Southgate, Douglas (Professor of Agricultural Economics and Natural Resources Southgate, Douglas D. Southgate, Southgate Douglas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1998
• EAN: 9780195109962
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510996-2
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, South America, NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Environmental Management, Deforestation, Forests, rainforests, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Central America, Forests and woodland, Mexico and Central America