Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon - Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation - Thomas Rudel - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231080446 - August 5, 1993
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Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon - Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation


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Using a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin, this study argues that small landholders and peasants play an active role in the destructive process only when they pool their resources or join with corporations to open up new regions for settlement.


234 pages, 24 black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 5, 1993
ISBN13 9780231080446
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 234
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 19 mm   ·   527 g   (Weight (estimated))
Language English  
Editor Bailey, Robert
Editor Headland, Thomas
Editor Sponsel, Leslie

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