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Author:

Vandermeer, John H.

Title:

Breakfast of biodiversity : the political ecology of rain forest destruction / John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto ; foreword by Vandana Shiva.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

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Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xi, 207 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Rain forest conservation.
Rain forest ecology.
Banana trade--Environmental aspects--Costa Rica.
Deforestation--Environmental aspects--Tropics.
Agricultural ecology--Tropics.
Forest biological diversity conservation--Tropics.

Other Authors:

Perfecto, Ivette.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.

Contents:

Slicing up the rain forest on your breakfast cereal -- The rain forest is neither fragile nor stable -- Farming on rain forest soils -- The political economy of agriculture in rain forest areas -- The multiple faces of agriculture in the modern world system -- The political ecology of logging and related activities -- Globalization and the new politics -- Rain forest conservation : the direct or indirect approach? -- Biodiversity, agriculture, and rain forests -- Who constructs the rain forest? -- Past causes, future models, present action.

ISBN:

9780935028966
093502896X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60743220

LCCN:

2005018324

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)