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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Honduras, Country Environmental Profile
Author: Directory of Country Environmental Studies
Author: Population and Land Use in Developing Countries
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309048389
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.
Status and Trends in International Trade and Local Utilization of Wildlife in Central America
Author: Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Environment Under Fire
Author: Daniel FaberPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853458405
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Banana Cultures
Author: John SoluriPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477322825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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.
Horizons
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Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
International Perspectives on Cultural Parks
Author: Report on Natural Resources for Food and Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251025123
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Author: Clive A. EdwardsPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000162273
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
A unique look at how the adoption of sustainable farming methods is being pursued throughout the world. This comprehensive book provides clear insight into research and education needs and the many points of view that come to bear on the issue of sustainability. Essential for agricultural leaders in research, education, conservation, policy making, and anyone else interested in creating an economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture worldwide.