| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 312 pages : map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Map -- 1. An unexpected beginning -- 2. Myth gives way to science -- 3. The frontier within -- 4. National security and international environmentism -- 5. Natural wonders of this world -- 6. Voices of experience -- 7. There's someone in our garden -- 8. The legacy of El Dorado -- 9. Oil : spoiler or savior? -- 10. Where dreams no longer die -- 11. From poverty to sovereignty -- 12. Opening the rain forest -- 13. And then come the cows -- 14. The breadbasket of tomorrow -- 15. Those left behind -- 16. Land, violence, and hope -- 17. A way to save the Amazon -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Rain forests -- Amazon River Region -- Management.
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Rain forests. |
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Amazon River Region. |
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Management. |
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Forest management -- Amazon River Region.
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Forest management. |
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Rain forest ecology -- Amazon River Region.
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Rain forest ecology. |
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Forêts -- Gestion -- Amazonie. |
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Écologie des forêts pluviales -- Amazonie. |
| Added Author |
Kelly, Brian, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0679643052 |
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9780679643050 |
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