The Subsidy from Nature : Palm Forests, Peasantry, and the Development of Amazon Frontier - Anthony Anderson

The Subsidy from Nature

Palm Forests, Peasantry, and the Development of Amazon Frontier

By: Anthony Anderson, Peter May, Michael Balick

Hardcover | 18 January 1991 | Edition Number 1

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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

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