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The Fragile tropics of Latin America : sustainable management of changing environments /

"Amazonia and adjacent lands have tremendous environmental variations, and approaches to the sustainable management of these fragile lands must be different. Geographers Hiraoka, Nishizawa, Sternberg, and Yagasaki have important contributions among the 14 articles"--Handbook of Latin Ameri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nishizawa, Toshie, 1929-, Uitto, Juha I.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : United Nations University Press, ©1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • pt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopín and Manuel Winograd. Rich and poor ecosystems of Amazonia : an approach to management / Emilio F. Moran. Archaeological perspectives on the potential of Amazonia for intensive exploitation / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa
  • pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain fu.