Fragile Lands Of Latin America
Fragile Lands Of Latin America

Author: John O. Browder

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-11

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0429713665

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This book of selected research papers, originally presented at the "Symposium of Fragile Lands of Latin America—The Search for Sustainable Uses," presents some fresh evidence of the viability of a few "non-conventional" strategies for natural resource development and management.

Latin America & the Caribbean
Latin America & the Caribbean

Author: Kevin Hillstrom

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-12-02

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1576076911

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A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean—from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands. Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean. What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web. Latin America & the Caribbean examines a region waking up to its environmental problems and possibilities.