The Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Sustainable Management of Changing Environments
Toshie Nishizawa, Uitto, Juha I., Gallopín, Gilberto C., Manuel Winograd, Emilio Moran, Betty Meggers, Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, Hilgard Sternberg, Roberto Motta, Mario Hiraoka, Christine Padoch, Wil de Jong, Miguel Vasquez, Daniel J. Zarin, Peter Jipp, Eiji Matsumoto, Ichiroku Hayashi, Maria Pinto, Isao Saito et al., The Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Sustainable Management of Changing Environments, ed. Toshie Nishizawa and Uitto, Juha I. (Tokyo: United Nations University, 1995).
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Author Toshie Nishizawa
Uitto, Juha I.
Gallopín, Gilberto C.
Manuel Winograd
Emilio Moran
Betty Meggers
Minoru Tanaka
Akio Tsuchiya
Hilgard Sternberg
Roberto Motta
Mario Hiraoka
Christine Padoch
Wil de Jong
Miguel Vasquez
Daniel J. Zarin
Peter Jipp
Eiji Matsumoto
Ichiroku Hayashi
Maria Pinto
Isao Saito
Noritaka YagasakiEditor Toshie Nishizawa
Uitto, Juha I.Title The Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Sustainable Management of Changing Environments Publication Date 1995 Place of Publication Tokyo Publisher United Nations University Pages 335 Language eng Abstract The United Nations University research and training programme area entitled "Sustaining Global Life-Support Systems" responds to the priorities identified in the UN system-wide Agenda 21 emanating from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The University's work has been organized according to five complementary programmes: (i) Eco-restructuring for Sustainable Development; (ii) Integrated Studies of Ecosystems; (iii) Information Systems for Environmental Management; (iv) Natural Resources in Africa; and (v) Environmental Law and Governance. UNU research is multidisciplinary, encompassing both natural and social science approaches. The present book falls within the second programme, Integrated Studies of Ecosystems. This programme aggregates issues of environmentally sustainable development from the entry point of ecosystems and their ability to support, resist, or recuperate from the long-term impacts of major transformations. The programme has two main thrusts, one focusing on integrated studies of fragile ecosystems and vulnerable places in given geographical zones; the other focusing on critical resources and their management. The research carried out for this volume was initiated under an earlier UNU programme on Sustainable Development in the Humid Tropics. The first step for the research, the outcome of which is the present book, was the symposium on the Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Changing Environments and Their Sustainable Management, organized in Tsukuba, Japan, 1990. The work forms a part of a larger UNU effort to understand the man-environment relationships in the humid tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. UNBIS Thesaurus AGROFORESTRY
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FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
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