Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon (Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation)

by Thomas Rudel (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1993

  $46.22

  Using a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin, this study argues that small landholders and peasants play an active role in the destructive process only when they pool their resources or join with corporations to open up new regions for settlement.