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Author:   L. Upton Hatch (Professor of Agricultural Economics, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Auburn University) ,  Marilyn E. Swisher (Associated Professor of Agricultural Ecology, Associated Professor of Agricultural Ecology, University of Florida)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9780195102604

ISBN 10:   0195102606
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 March 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Part I. Globalization and Sustainable Resource Management: The Issues 1: Upton Hatch and Marilyn Swisher: Introduction 2: Vernon W. Ruttan: Institutional Constraints on Agricultural Sustainability 3: William Ascher: The Logic of Community Resource Management in Latin America 4: John C. Mayne: Agroforestry in Guatemala 5: Dianne Rocheleau: Sustaining What for Whom? Differences of Interest Within and Between Households Part II. Challenges to Managing the Natural Resource Base in a Shrinking World 6: Mario Boza: Biodiversity Conservation in Mesoamerica 7: Gilbert Vargas Ulate: Protecting Natural Resources in a Developing Nation: The Case of Costa Rica 8: C. Ronald Carroll and Deborah Kane: Landscape Ecology of Transformed Neotropical Environments 9: John C. Mayne: Neotropical Forests: Status and Prediction 10: Gilbert Vargas Ulate: The Geography of Dryland Plant Formations in Central America 11: Alexis Vásquez-Morera: Soils of Mesoamerica 12: Catherine M. Pringle and Frederick N. Scatena: Aquatic Ecosystem Deterioration in Latin America and the Caribbean 13: Catherine M. Pringle and Frederick N. Scatena: Freshwater Resource Development: Case Studies from Puerto Rico and Costa Rica 14: Carlos L. de la Rosa: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Streams and Rivers in Central America Part III. Food, Fuel, and Fiber Production: Are They Sustainable in a Globalized Economy? 15: H. L. Popenoe and M. E. Swisher: Traditional Farming Systems: Panacea or Problem? 16: M. Rosemeyer, K. Schlather, and J. Kettler: The Frijol Tapado Agroecosystem: The Survival and Contribution of a Managed Fallow System to Modern Costa Rican Agriculture 17: Raúl A. Moreno: Food Crop Production Systems in Central America 18: Gabriela Soto Muñoz: Organic Farming in Central America 19: Werner Hagnauer: La Pacíca, 40 Years of Farm Ecology 20: Carlos A. Jiménez-Crespo: The Sustainability of Mild Production in Mesoamerica 21: Lawrence T. Scott: Globalization, Population Growth, and Agroforestry in Mesoamerica: Perspectives for the 21st Century 22: John C. Mayne: Biologically Sustainable Agroecosystems: Using Principles of Ecology 23: Richard F. Fisher: Forest Plantations in the Tropics 24: Susan C. Stonich, John R. Bort, and Luis L. Ovares: Challenges to Sustainability: The Central American Shrimp Mariculture Industry 25: David Teichert-Coddington: Shrimp Farming in Southern Honduras: A Case for Sustainable Production 26: Denise Stanley: Understanding Conflict in Lowland Forest Zones: Mangrove Access and Deforestation Debates in Southern Honduras 27: Upton Hatch and Marilyn Swisher: Conclusion

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