Subsidy From Nature - Palm Forests, Peasantry, and the Development of Amazon Frontier

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

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Anthony Anderson, Peter H. May, and Michael Balick

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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

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• Authors: Anthony Anderson, Anthony B. Anderson, Anthony May Anderson, Michael Balick, Michael J. Balick, Peter May, Peter H. May
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.1991
• EAN: 9780231072229
• ISBN: 978-0-231-07222-9
• No. of pages: 233
• Series: Biology and Resource Management Series; Biology and Resource Managemen; Biology and Resource Management Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches