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Tropical Managed Ecosystems The Mesoamerican Experience

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ISBN-10: 0195102606

ISBN-13: 9780195102604

Edition: 1998

Authors: L. Upton Hatch, Marilyn Swisher

List price: $78.00
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As human activities in the New World Tropics (Neotropics) increase in intensity and extent, so do the interactions between natural and human-dominated ecosystems. The essays in this book compare the sociocultural and biophysical aspects of managing the resource base in these regions. It describes the potential benefits--and liabilities--of the major food, fuel, and fiber production systems, each one examined in terms of its potential impact upon resource preservation and utilization. The book is a departure from traditional treatments of agricultural sustainability or natural resources development in that it addresses the specific systems prevalent in the Neotropics, focusing on the flow…    
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List price: $78.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/11/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Globalization and Sustainable Resource Management: The Issues
IntroductionUpton Hatch
Institutional Constraints on Agricultural Sustainability
The Logic of Community Resource Management in Latin America
Agroforestry in Guatemala
Sustaining What for Whom? Differences of Interest Withinand Between Households
Challenges to Managing the Natural Resource Base in a Shrinking World
Biodiversity Conservation in Mesoamerica
Protecting Natural Resources in a Developing Nation:The Case of Costa Rica
Landscape Ecology of Transformed Neotropical Environments
Neotropical Forests: Status and Prediction
The Geography of Dryland Plant Formations in Central America
Soils of Mesoamerica
Aquatic Ecosystem Deterioration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Freshwater Resource Development: Case Studies from Puerto Rico and Costa Rica
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Streams and Riversin Central America
Food, Fuel, and Fiber Production: Are They Sustainable in a Globalized Economy?
Traditional Farming Systems: Panacea or Problem?
The Frijol Tapado Agroecosystem:The Survival and Contribution of a Managed Fallow System to Modern Costa Rican Agriculture
Food Crop Production Systems in Central America
Organic Farming in Central America
La Pacica, 40 Years of Farm Ecology
The Sustainability of Mild Production in Mesoamerica
Globalization, Population Growth, and Agroforestry in Mesoamerica: Perspectives for the 21st Century
Biologically Sustainable Agroecosystems: Using Principles of Ecology
Forest Plantations in the Tropics
Challenges to Sustainability: The Central American Shrimp Mariculture Industry
Shrimp Farming in Southern Honduras: A Case for Sustainable Production
Understanding Conflict in Lowland Forest Zones: Mangrove Access and Deforestation Debates in Southern Honduras
Conclusion