Why Forests? Why Now?

Why Forests? Why Now?

Author: Frances Seymour

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2016-12-27

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1933286865

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Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.


Tropical Development, 1880-1913

Tropical Development, 1880-1913

Author: William Arthur Lewis

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2005-11-03

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780415381925

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Tropical Gangsters

Tropical Gangsters

Author: Robert Klitgaard

Publisher:

Published: 1990-10-14

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This is an account of the author’s two-and-a-half year adventure in Equatorial Guinea, and his efforts to get this small bankrupt African nation on the path of structural development.


The Geography of Tropical African Development

The Geography of Tropical African Development

Author: A. M. O'Connor

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-06-28

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1483297055

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This best selling textbook focuses on the changes in geographical patterns that have taken place in recent years i.e. on the geographical pattern of recent and current economic change. The area covered includes the countries lying between the limits of the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. In this second edition substantial changes have been made in every chapter in order to keep up to date in respect of both the geographical pattern of development and prevailing attitudes towards it. The discussion is still largely confined to the twenty year period between 1956 and 1976, and to the economic component of development


Tropical Development

Tropical Development

Author: William Arthur

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1136607714

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases

Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases

Author: Peter J. Hotez

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-07-24

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1555818757

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Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases Second Edition The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world's poor, but few people know about these diseases and why they are so important. This second edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases provides an overview of the NTDs and how they devastate the poor, essentially trapping them in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty by preventing them from working or attaining their full intellectual and cognitive development. Author Peter J. Hotez highlights a new opportunity to control and perhaps eliminate these ancient scourges, through alliances between nongovernmental development organizations and private-public partnerships to create a successful environment for mass drug administration and product development activities. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases also Addresses the myriad changes that have occurred in the field since the previous edition. Describes how NTDs have affected impoverished populations for centuries, changing world history. Considers the future impact of alliances between nongovernmental development organizations and private-public partnerships. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases is an essential resource for anyone seeking a roadmap to coordinate global advocacy and mobilization of resources to combat NTDs.


The Development of Tropical Lands

The Development of Tropical Lands

Author: Michael Nelson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1135993580

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First Published in 2011. Latin America today is similar to Canada in the early 1900s-a sleeping giant, basically underpopulated, whose potential rests on the exploitation of enormous land, forest, mineral, and water reserves. This study, carried out over the period 1967-69, has involved travel throughout much of Latin America north of the Tropic of Capricorn and discussions with people in many different fields, including highway construction, forestry, colonization, and agricultural industries in the forest frontier regions and capital cities of the continent. The collection of data required about twelve months of the author in the field.


Quantifying Sustainable Development

Quantifying Sustainable Development

Author: Carlos Leon Perez

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 9780123188601

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CD-ROM contains: Data sets and programs -- Color images -- Animated models -- Photographic tour of Costa Rica.