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Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth
Far into the Atlantic Ocean, the outflow from the Amazon River creates a "sweet sea" of fresh water. At the river's mouth, a vast delta of river chann...
The Transamazon Colonization Scheme
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressโs mission to seek out and cultivate the b...
The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, othe...
Gene Banks and the World's Food contributes to the crucial debate on how best to preserve some of society's most valuable raw material. The authors al...
Toward Sound Practices
"Southeastern Nigeria has some of the highest population densities in Sub-Saharan Africa and one of the most threatened ecosystems on the continent: t...
Ecology and Economy Along the Amazon
Enriched with nearly 100 beautiful color photographs, Floods of Fortune offers the first holistic view of the conservation drama unfolding in the Amaz...
Implications for Conservation and Development
Agriculture's vital role in biodiversity conservation and management. Definition of biodiversity. Biodiversity's links to agriculture. Biodiversity an...
Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and Its People
Amazonia under siege; Environmental threats; Forces of change and societal responses; Forest conservation and management; Silviculture and plantation ...
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this careful...
A Natural History of Plants, Animals, and People
The floodplain forests of the Amazon, the world's largest river, are among the most threatened habitats in South America. Yet little is known about ho...
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Partners for Development and Conservation
Agriculture as friende and foe of biodiversity; Harmonizing biodiversity conservation and agricultural development; Plicy considerations along the int...
A Cultural-ecological Analysis of Settlement in the Humid Tropics
Sentinels for Amazon Conservation
Plant Life on the Granite Outcrops of Western Australia
This paper reviews the history of quarantine services, discusses principles for successful quarantine operations and identifies major constraints to t...
A critical survey of agricultural networks which presents examples from the experience of international research centers and national programs around ...
Flavors for Conservation
Stories from a Vanishing World
"Insightful work, written for a popular audience, offers reader a general understanding of the region"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57....
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