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245 04 a| The Fragile tropics of Latin America :b| sustainable management of changing environments /c| edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto.;

300 a| x, 325 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| pt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopín and Manuel Winograd. Rich and poor ecosystems of Amazonia : an approach to management / Emilio F. Moran. Archaeological perspectives on the potential of Amazonia for intensive exploitation / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa -- pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain future / Hilgard O'Reilly Sternberg. A fragile capitalism in a fragile environment : entrepreneurs and state bureaucracies in the free zone of Manaus / Roberto Motta -- pt. 3. The Peruvian Amazon: Aquatic and land fauna management among the floodplain ribereños of the Peruvian Amazon / Mario Hiraoka. Subsistence-and market-oriented agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon / Christine Padoch and Wil de Jong. Local management of forest resources in a rural community in north-east Peru / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Daniel Zarin and Peter Jipp -- pt. 4. The semi-arid North-East: White sand soils in North-East Brazil / Eiji Matsumoto. Changing aspects of drought-deciduous vegetation in the semi-arid region of North-East Brazil / Ichiroku Hayashi. Characteristics and utilization of tree species in the semi-arid woodland of North-East Brazil / Toshie Nishizawa, Akio Tsuchiya and Maria Magdalena Vieira Pinto. Drought, irrigation, and changes in the sertão of North-East Brazil / Isao Saito and Noritaka Yagasaki.;

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The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments / edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto.

Other author	Nishizawa, Toshie, 1929-
Other author	Uitto, Juha I.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©1995.
Description	x, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	Environmental policy--Latin America. Ecology--Latin America. Ecology--Tropics.

Contents	pt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopín and Manuel Winograd. Rich and poor ecosystems of Amazonia : an approach to management / Emilio F. Moran. Archaeological perspectives on the potential of Amazonia for intensive exploitation / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa -- pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain future / Hilgard O'Reilly Sternberg. A fragile capitalism in a fragile environment : entrepreneurs and state bureaucracies in the free zone of Manaus / Roberto Motta -- pt. 3. The Peruvian Amazon: Aquatic and land fauna management among the floodplain ribereños of the Peruvian Amazon / Mario Hiraoka. Subsistence-and market-oriented agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon / Christine Padoch and Wil de Jong. Local management of forest resources in a rural community in north-east Peru / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Daniel Zarin and Peter Jipp -- pt. 4. The semi-arid North-East: White sand soils in North-East Brazil / Eiji Matsumoto. Changing aspects of drought-deciduous vegetation in the semi-arid region of North-East Brazil / Ichiroku Hayashi. Characteristics and utilization of tree species in the semi-arid woodland of North-East Brazil / Toshie Nishizawa, Akio Tsuchiya and Maria Magdalena Vieira Pinto. Drought, irrigation, and changes in the sertão of North-East Brazil / Isao Saito and Noritaka Yagasaki.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN	928080877X (pbk.)

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