Latin America & the Caribbean

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Hillstrom, Laurie Collier , Hillstrom, Kevin 저자(글)

ABC-CLIO · 2003년 12월 02일

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This text presents an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides a chronology of important dates in the environmental history of Central and South America.
Examines this historically diverse environmental regionof the 26 species of parrots originally occurring in the Caribbean, 16 are extinct (including all the macaws) and nine of the remaining ten are critically endangered Latin America struggles to balance overpopulation with expansion. One study estimates that in the Brazilian state of Amazonas alone, a population of 600,000 people in the early 1980s killed approximately 3.5 million mammals, birds, and reptiles for subsistence purposes On a global scale, Latin America houses the most species-rich and the most intact terrestrial ecosystem on Earth
. Interesting sidebar articles, tables, and figures . Photos illustrating environmental resources and threats
Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean. What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web. Latin America & the Caribbean examines a region waking up to its environmental problems and possibilities.
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean-from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.
Snowy Andean peaks. Steaming Brazilian rain forests. Lush tropical islands. Few regions on Earth are as diverse or spectacular as Latin America and the Caribbean. And few are as threatened by expanding populations, industrial pollutants, and unsustainable farming methods. Latin America & the Caribbean, a new title in the World Environments series, explores the environmental problems facing our neighbors to the south.
"Readers seeking a balanced treatment of environmental issues in Latin America and Caribbean countries ... should seriously consider this book. It serves as a good first-source reference, providing adequate background for pursuing more in-depth research." - American Reference Books Annual
"This volume belongs in libraries of all types that support Latin American studies, businesses, or services." - Choice
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbeanfrom the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean-from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.
Highlights: - A historically diverse environmental region -- of the 26 species of parrots originally occurring in the Caribbean, 16 are extinct (including all the macaws) and nine of the remaining 10 are critically endangered- Latin America struggles to balance overpopulation with expansion. One study estimates that in the Brazilian state of Amazonas alone, a population of 600,000 people in the early 1980s killed approximately 3.5 million mammals, birds, and reptiles for subsistence purposes- On a global scale, Latin America houses the most species-rich and the most intact terrestrial ecosystem on Earth

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저자(글) Hillstrom, Laurie Collier

Laurie Collier Hillstrom is an independent scholar based in Brighton, MI.

저자(글) Hillstrom, Kevin

Laurie Collier Hillstrom is an independent scholar based in Brighton, MI.

목차

• List of Tables and Figures
  Introduction: The World's Environments
  Acknowledgments
  Biographical Notes
  Population and Land Use	p. 1
  Biodiversity	p. 25
  Parks, Preserves, and Protected Areas	p. 55
  Forests	p. 85
  Agriculture	p. 113
  Freshwater	p. 131
  Oceans and Coastal Areas	p. 155
  Energy and Transportation	p. 175
  Air Quality and the Atmosphere	p. 201
  Environmental Activism	p. 221
  International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web	p. 247
  Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Member Countries and Their Dates of Entry	p. 251
  Index	p. 253
  Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

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ISBN	9781576076903 ( 1576076903 )
발행(출시)일자	2003년 12월 02일
쪽수	296쪽
크기	156 * 235 * 21 mm / 512 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어