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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Honduras, Country Environmental Profile
Author: Honduras
Author: PopPlanet Country Profile: Honduras
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Languages : en
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The Population Reference Bureau and the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) present a country profile of Honduras as part of PopPlanet. The profile offers access to a collection of Internet resources on the population, health, and environmental issues of the country. The collection focuses on such issues as desertification, energy, and environmental laws and treaties.
Draft Environmental Profile of Honduras
Author: James SillimanPublisher:
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Category : Environmental degradation
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Environmental Profile of Honduras, 1989
Author: Honduras. Secretaría de Planificación, Coordinación y PresupuestoPublisher:
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Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Republic of Honduras Country Environmental Analysis
Author: Banana Cultures
Author: John SoluriPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292777876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores—everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively, interdisciplinary study, John Soluri integrates agroecology, anthropology, political economy, and history to trace the symbiotic growth of the export banana industry in Honduras and the consumer mass market in the United States. Beginning in the 1870s when bananas first appeared in the U.S. marketplace, Soluri examines the tensions between the small-scale growers, who dominated the trade in the early years, and the shippers. He then shows how rising demand led to changes in production that resulted in the formation of major agribusinesses, spawned international migrations, and transformed great swaths of the Honduran environment into monocultures susceptible to plant disease epidemics that in turn changed Central American livelihoods. Soluri also looks at labor practices and workers' lives, changing gender roles on the banana plantations, the effects of pesticides on the Honduran environment and people, and the mass marketing of bananas to consumers in the United States. His multifaceted account of a century of banana production and consumption adds an important chapter to the history of Honduras, as well as to the larger history of globalization and its effects on rural peoples, local economies, and biodiversity.
Republic of Honduras Country Environmental Analysis
Author: WeltbankPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Honduras has accomplished important political, economic, and social achievements in the recent past. The country underwent a successful transition from an authoritarian military regime to a pluralistic democracy. The list of economic achievements of the last four years includes: macroeconomic stability, improvements in the business climate and the performance of the financial sector, and putting in place a sound framework for public sector financial management. Progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has also been significant. Despite these achievements, state institutions are still fragile and the governance framework is weak. Furthermore, notwithstanding the country's economic and social improvement, almost two-thirds of the population still lives below the poverty line and key structural constraints on growth have still to be addressed. The key development challenges for Honduras are: (a) strengthening governance and improving the effectiveness of the government, and (b) accelerating its recent growth performance and translating growth into poverty reduction. Among the recommendations the report makes are: The development of additional regulations, strengthen links between the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and other management instruments, particularly Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) and zoning. Work with the Honduran government to strengthen the follow-up and compliance process as well as strengthening public participation in the EIA process.
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