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ISBN: 9780231072229 - The Subsidy from Nature  Enlarge Bookmark and Share

The Subsidy from Nature

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Palm Forests, Peasantry, and Development on an Amazon Frontier

Anthony Anderson, Peter May, Michael J. Balick

ISBN: 9780231072229
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Columbia University Press


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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 News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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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 News, Inc. Portland, Or.
 
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