The Development of Tropical Lands
The Development of Tropical Lands

Author: Michael Nelson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1135993653

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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.

In Focus: Tropical Lands
In Focus: Tropical Lands

Author: Clive Gifford

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-19

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0753473747

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Provides facts about tropical areas, discussing the wildlife found there and the explorers who trekked the dangerous landscape.

The Management of Tropical Moist Forest Lands
The Management of Tropical Moist Forest Lands

Author: Duncan Poore

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9782831700717

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This book is a comprehensive guide to fundamental ecological principles in tropical moist forest lands. This edition has been revised to encompass our increased knowledge and understandings of the complexities of forest management. It addresses the cross-cutting issues: the effects of government policies, land allocation and infrastructure development in forest lands. An analysis is made regarding various forest uses: forests for wood, forests for agriculture and forests for nature conservation and environmental protection.

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.

Land Change Science
Land Change Science

Author: Garik Gutman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-03-24

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 9400743068

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This volume is a synthesis of the NASA funded work under the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program. Hundreds of scientists have worked for the past eight years to understand one of the most important forces that is changing our planet-human impacts on land cover, that is land use. Its contributions span the natural and the social sciences, and apply state-of-the-art techniques for understanding the earth: satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems, modeling, and advanced computing. It brings together detailed case studies, regional analyses, and globally scaled mapping efforts. This is the most organized effort made to understand the dominant force that has been responsible for changing the Earth’s biosphere. Audience: This publication will be of interest to students, scientists, and policy makers. This volume includes a CD-ROM containing full color images of a selection of illustrations which are printed in black-and-white in the book.