Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean
This book is a non-technical interdisciplinary collection of 12 essays, each of which uses natural or social science methods. The essays analyze a representative set of environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. They consider problems at international, regional, national, and local lev...
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Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- In the Land of the Mermaid: How Culture, not Ecology, Influenced Marine Mammal Exploitation in the Southeastern Caribbean
- Conserving the Pines of Guadalupe and Cedros Islands, Mexico: An International Collaboration
- Biodiversity Conservation in Bolivia: History, Trends and Challenges
- Peasant, Environment and Maize “Modernization”
- Planting Trees, Building Democracy: Sustainable Community Forestry in Mexico
- Market-Based Policies for Pollution Control in Latin America
- A Deeper Solution for the International Commons
- Eco-Labeling in Latin America
- Public Prosecutors and Environmental Protection in Brazil
- Democracy By Proxy
- Economic Progress in the Countryside, Forests, and Public Policy
- Environmental Implications of Cuba’s Development Strategy during the Special Period.