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Tropical forest conservation : an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America / Douglas Southgate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Southgate, Douglas D. (Douglas Dewitt), author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rain forest conservation--Latin America.
- Rain forest conservation.
- Deforestation--Control--Latin America.
- Deforestation.
- Forest ecology--Latin America.
- Forest ecology.
- Non-timber forest products--Latin America.
- Non-timber forest products.
- Sustainable forestry--Latin America.
- Sustainable forestry.
- Habitat conservation--Latin America.
- Habitat conservation.
- Ecotourism--Latin America.
- Ecotourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It has proved hard to establish national parks in Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, where inhabitants are resistant to change. This text explores the alternatives of integrated conservation and development projects & related initiatives.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Responding to the Challenge of Habitat Destruction in Latin America; 1. Deforestation in the American Tropics: The Regional and Global Stakes; 2. The Causes of Excessive Habitat Destruction; 3. Putting an End to Ecosystem Depletion; Part II: The Economic Returns of Environmentally Sound Harvesting of Forest Products and of Nature-based Tourism; 4. Harvesting of Nontimber Products; 5. Environmentally Sound Timber Production; 6. Genetic Prospecting; 7. Nature-Based Tourism; 8. Another Approach to Habitat Conservation: Agricultural Intensification; 9. Paying for Habitat Conservation and Investing in Human and Social Capital Abbreviations; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770227-9
- 1-280-52918-0
- 9786610529186
- 0-19-535506-7
- 1-4294-0438-8
- OCLC:
- 476015790
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