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    The History of Deforestation, in History Today » Read Now

    by Michael Williams. 8 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...THE HISTORY OF DEFORESTATION. by Michael Williams...IS A COMMON misconception that deforestation is a recent occurrence, gaining...Possibly as much as nine-tenths of all...
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    Population and Environment: Rethinking the Debate (Chap. 5 "The Relation between Population and Deforestation: Methods for Drawing Casual Influences from Macro and Micro Studies" and Chap. 8 "The Socioeconomic Matrix of Deforestation") » Read Now

    by Lourdes Arizpe, M. Priscilla Stone, David C. Major. 352 pgs.

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    ...The Relation Between Population and Deforestation: Methods for Drawing Causal Inferences...8 The Socioeconomic Matrix of Deforestation, Marianne Schmink 253...linkages. The...
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    The Relationships of Population and Forest Trends, in The Geographical Journal » Read Now

    by A. S. Mather, C. L. Needle. 12 pgs.

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    ...century. KEY WORDS: Forest trends, deforestation, population trends, global environmental...population growth is a significant driver of deforestation, as it is of various...
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    The Environment and Emerging Development Issues (Chap. 17 "Macroeconomic Policies and Deforestation") » Read Now

    by Partha R. Dasgupta, Karl-Goran Maler. 354 pgs.

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    Two and a half billion people are affected directly on a day-to-day basis by the allocation and use of purely local resources. Yet "official" development economics has concentrated on headline international issues and only recently begun to take account of the dependence of poor countries on their...
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    Conservative Environmentalism: Reassessing the Means, Redefining the Ends ("World Forests -- Ancient Deforestation" begins on p. 34) » Read Now

    by James R. Dunn, John E. Kinney. 282 pgs.

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    Dunn and Kinney argue that the environmental movement as it now operates is counterproductive; solutions can be found only through rational, non-political efforts based on reality, not ideological propaganda. The authors show what the facts are and how they have been distorted to benefit what are...
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    Development or Destruction: The Conversion of Tropical Forest to Pasture in Latin America » Read Now

    by Theodore E. Downing. 309 pgs.

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    ...and index. ISBN 0-8133-7824-9 1. Deforestation Latin America. 2. Pastures Latin...Figures Tables 3.1 Forest area deforestation rates in selected Latin American...
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    Social Determinants of Deforestation in Developing Countries: A Cross-National Study, in Social Forces » Read Now

    by Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez. 20 pgs.

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    ...Social Determinants of Deforestation in Developing Countries: A Cross-National...the social forces that drive deforestation. Neo-Malthusian, modernization...applied to...
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    Tourism and Deforestation in the Mt Everest Region of Nepal, in The Geographical Journal » Read Now

    by Stan Stevens. 23 pgs.

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    ...Tourism and deforestation in the Mt Everest region of Nepal...over whether tourism has caused a deforestation crisis and, if not, what its impacts...finding that early...
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    The Economics of Deforestation: The Example of Ecuador » Read Now

    by Sven Wunder. 252 pgs.

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    Following a survey of deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case study of Ecuador provides a historical picture of factors affecting forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems.
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    Haitians: Migration and Diaspora (Chap. 3 "Deforestation and Haitian Poverty") » Read Now

    by Anthony V. Catanese. 143 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Anthony V. Catanese is professor of economics at DePauw University.
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    Sacrificing the Forest: Environmental and Social Struggles in Chiapas » Read Now

    by Karen L. O'Brien. 210 pgs.

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    The Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, Mexico, has received a tremendous amount of attention since the Zapatista uprising began in 1994. Concerns have focused on both the rapid rate of deforestation in Mexico's largest tropical rain forest & the social marginalization of its inhabitants, which is...
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    The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon » Read Now

    by Lykke E. Andersen, Clive W. J. Granger, Eustáquio J. Reis, Diana Weinhold, Sven Wunder. 259 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Presenting an economic perspective of deforestation in the Brazilan Amazon, this study utilizes economic and ecological data from 1970 to 1996. It examines the extent to which land clearing promotes economic activity and growth and analyzes policies such as road building and subsidized credit. It...

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