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Tropical forest conservation : an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America
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- Creator
- Douglas Southgate
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- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998
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- xiii, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1429404388, 1280529180, 9780195109962, 0195355067, 9786610529186, 0197702279, 0195109961
- OCLC
- ocn476015790, ocm37546678, ocn466432167
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index.
- Introduction: Responding to the Challenge of Habitat Destruction in Latin America -- Pt. I. Deforestation and Its Causes and the Challenge of Sustainable Forest-based Activities. 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 -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. III. Key Elements of an Integrated Strategy for Habitat Protection and Economic Progress. 8. Another Approach to Habitat Conservation: Agricultural Intensification. 9. Paying for Habitat Conservation and Investing in Human and Social Capital