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Walking The Forest With Chico Mendes : Struggle For Justice In The Amazon

Attribution
Gomercindo Rodrigues ; edited and translated by Linda Rabben ; introduction by Biorn Maybury-Lewis
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, University of Texas Press, 2007
Links
- Table of contents only
Description
A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil’s rubber tappers and local ranchers?a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. Now, Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes makes this important work available to new audiences, capturing the events and trends that shaped the lives of both men and the fragile system of public security and justice within which they lived and worked. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Mendes, Chico, · d. 1988 · Conservationists · Brazil · Biography · Rubber tappers · Rain forest conservation · Amazon River Region · Deforestation · Control · Rodrigues, Gomercindo · Rabben, Linda, 1947-
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD411.52.M46 R63 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD411.52.M46 R63 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Greatest Gift : The Courageous Life And Death Of Sister Dorothy Stang

Attribution
Binka Le Breton
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Doubleday, 2007
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- Table of contents
Description
In 1966, Sister Dorothy Stang went to Brazil as a missionary, and in 1982 she moved to a small town in the Amazon to work with an organization to protect poor farmers and their land from loggers and land-developers who stop at nothing—including murder—in pursuit of profits. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Stang, Dorothy · (Dorothy Mae), · d. 2005 · Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur · United States · Biography · Brazil · Catholic Church · Missions · Deforestation · Amazon River Region · Le Breton, Binka
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(LOWER LEVEL) BX4705.S7938 L4 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	BX4705.S7938 L4 2007	AVAILABLE

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Ecology Of A Cracker Childhood

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Janisse Ray
Publication Details
Book, 1st pbk. ed, Milkweed Editions, 1999
Description
Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by the hedge at the edge of the road and by hulks of old cars and stacks of blown-out tires. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Ray, Janisse, · 1962- · Childhood and youth · Longleaf pine · Deforestation · Georgia · Forest ecology · Consumption (Economics) · Social aspects · Baxley (Ga.) · Biography · Ray, Janisse, 1962-
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(LOWER LEVEL) F294.B39 R39 1999 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F294.B39 R39 1999	AVAILABLE

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Slash-and-burn Agriculture : The Search For Alternatives

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edited by Cheryl A. Palm … [et al.]
Publication Details
Book, Columbia University Press, 2005
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
Caused in part by the slash-and-burn practices of both large- and small-scale farmers in Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia, and elsewhere, the environmental implications of tropical deforestation and its threat to biodiversity and carbon emissions remain a worldwide concern. The Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) consortium was formed in 1992 by a group of concerned national and international research institutions to address the global and local issues associated with this form of agriculture. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme) · Congresses · Shifting cultivation · Tropics · Environmental aspects · Deforestation · Control · Palm, C. A · Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme)
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(UPPER LEVEL) S602.87 .S63 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	S602.87 .S63 2005	AVAILABLE

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Tropical Forests : Regional Paths Of Destruction And Regeneration In The Late Twentieth Century

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Thomas K. Rudel
Publication Details
Book, Columbia University Press, 2005
Description
Addressing decades of rain forest destruction, concerned scientists, often in concert with various environmental movements, have amassed an impressive amount of information on deforestation in areas throughout the world. Rudel’s explanation of what has happened in each of the world’s tropical forest regions reveals continued destruction in regions with large forests and some regeneration emerging in places with small, remnant forests. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Deforestation · Tropics · Rain forest conservation · Rudel, Thomas K
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD418.3.T76 T763 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD418.3.T76 T763 2005	AVAILABLE

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Strangely Like War : The Global Assault On Forests

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by Derrick Jensen and George Draffan
Publication Details
Book, Chelsea Green Pub, 2003
Description
Today, with three quarters of the world?s original forests gone and the pace of cutting, clearing, processing, and pulping ever accelerating, Jensen and Draffan lay bare the stark scenario we face?we being not only people, but the nonhuman fabric of life itself?unless deforestation is slowed and stopped. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Deforestation · History · Environmental aspects · Clearcutting · Forest ecology · Jensen, Derrick, 1960- · Draffan, George, 1954-
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD418 .J46 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD418 .J46 2003	AVAILABLE

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Deforesting The Earth : From Prehistory To Global Crisis

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Michael Williams
Publication Details
Book, University of Chicago Press, 2003
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Beginning with the return of the forests to Europe, North America, and the tropics after the Ice Ages, Williams traces the impact of human-set fires for gathering and hunting, land clearing for agriculture, and other activities from the Paleolithic through the classical world and the Middle Ages. He then continues the story from the 1500s to the early 1900s, focusing on forest clearing both within Europe and by European imperialists and industrialists abroad, in such places as the New World and India, China, Japan, and Latin America. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Forests and forestry · History · Clearing of land · Deforestation · Williams, Michael, 1935 June 24-
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD131 .W53 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD131 .W53 2002	AVAILABLE

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New Hampshire’s Vanishing Forests : Conversion, Fragmentation And Parcelization Of Forests In The Granite State

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report of the New Hampshire Forest Land Base Study [by] Sarah Thorne and Dan Sundquist
Publication Details
Book, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, 2001
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Deforestation · New Hampshire · Forests and forestry · Thorne, Sarah · Sundquist, Dan · New Hampshire Forest Land Base Study · Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD418.3.U6 T45 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD418.3.U6 T45 2001	AVAILABLE

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Rainforests

Attribution
Charles P. Cozic, book editor
Publication Details
Book, Greenhaven Press, 1998
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Rain forest conservation · Deforestation · Logging · Environmental aspects · Cozic, Charles P., 1957-
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(UPPER LEVEL) QH541.5.R27 R355 1998 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QH541.5.R27 R355 1998	AVAILABLE

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Sacrificing The Forest : Environmental And Social Struggles In Chiapas

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Karen L. O’Brien
Publication Details
Book, Westview Press, 1998
Description
In this book, Karen O?Brien presents an insightful analysis of how deforestation and social struggles are related in this region and then considers the implications of these links for the remaining forest.A critical analysis of deforestation rates and patterns in the Selva Lacandona region provides the point of departure for this study. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Deforestation · Mexico · Lacandona Forest · Social aspects · Lacandona Forest (Mexico) · O’Brien, Karen L
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD418.3.M6 O37 1998 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD418.3.M6 O37 1998	AVAILABLE

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Rainforests Of The World : A Reference Handbook

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Kathlyn Gay
Publication Details
Book, 2nd ed, ABC-CLIO, 2001
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Rain forest ecology · Rain forests · Rain forest conservation · Deforestation · Environmental aspects · Tropics · Gay, Kathlyn
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REFERENCE (MAIN) QH541.5.R27 G39 2001 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	QH541.5.R27 G39 2001	AVAILABLE

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The Economics Of Deforestation : The Example Of Ecuador

Attribution
Sven Wunder ; foreword by Jeffrey A. Sayer
Publication Details
Book, St. Martin’s Press, 2000
Description
Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors affecting forest loss throughout different periods, regions, and ecosystems. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Deforestation · Ecuador · Economic aspects · Wunder, Sven
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD418.3.E2 W86 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD418.3.E2 W86 2000	AVAILABLE

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The Struggle For Land And The Fate Of The Forests

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edited by Marcus Colchester & Larry Lohmann
Publication Details
Book, World Rainforest Movement, 1993
Tags
Rain forest conservation · Land use, Rural · Tropics · Deforestation · Forest conservation · Clearing of land · Reclamation of land · Colchester, Marcus · Lohmann, Larry
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD414.T76 S88 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD414.T76 S88 1993	AVAILABLE

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Shadows In The Forest : Japan And The Politics Of Timber In Southeast Asia

Attribution
Peter Dauvergne
Publication Details
Book, MIT Press, 1997
Description
Although Japanese practices have improved somewhat since the early 1990s, corporate trade structures and purchasing patterns, timber prices, wasteful consumption, import tariffs, and the cumulative environmental effects of past practices continue to undermine sustainable forest management in Southeast Asia. More broadly, the book is one of the first to examine the environmental impact of Northeast Asian development on Southeast Asian resource management and to analyze the indirect environmental impact of bilateral state relations on the management of one Southern resource. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Forest management · Environmental aspects · Southeast Asia · Forest products industry · Japan · Forest policy · Deforestation · Political aspects · Logging · Timber · Politics and government · Dauvergne, Peter
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(UPPER LEVEL) SD387.E58 D38 1997 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SD387.E58 D38 1997	AVAILABLE

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Deforestation : Can We Balance Resource Conservation With Economic Growth?

Attribution
Margaret Edwards … [et al.]
Publication Details
Book, National Science Teachers Association, 1997
Description
Deforestation explores the science behind ecological succession-soil erosion, the make-up of an ecological niche, habitat fragmentation, energy flow, and land use methods and management. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Deforestation · Study and teaching (Secondary) · K-12 secondary · Conservation of natural resources · Study and teaching (Secondary) · K-12 secondary · Edwards, Margaret · National Science Teachers Association
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K-12 CURRICULUM (LOWER) Js.52 N374d 1997 AVAILABLE

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K-12 CURRICULUM (LOWER)	Js.52 N374d 1997	AVAILABLE

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