The Subsidy from Nature

The Subsidy from Nature Palm Forests, Peasantry, and Development on an Amazon Frontier - Biology and Resource Management Series

Hardback (28 Oct 1991)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Examines the regeneration of babassu palm trees on deforested land in Amazonian Brazil, how it is being used by the rural populations, and how development policies are undermining this gift. Concludes by critiquing the conventional model of ecology and proposing a new one. Annotation copyright Book

Book information

ISBN: 9780231072229
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 338.173851
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 233
Weight: 800g
Height: 254mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 21mm