Fragile Lands of Latin America: Strategies for Sustainable Development

by John O. Browder (Editor)

Overview

This book of selected research papers, originally presented at the "Symposium of Fragile Lands of Latin America—The Search for Sustainable Uses," presents some fresh evidence of the viability of a few "non-conventional" strategies for natural resource development and management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367012946
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/02/2019
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.69(w) x 8.81(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword — Introduction — Fragile Lands and Technology Transfer: Conceptual Frameworks — The Geography of Fragile Lands in Latin America — Development of Fragile Lands: An Integrated Approach Reconsidered — Transferring Traditional Technology: A Bottom-Up Approach for Fragile Lands — Strategies for Tropical Rainforest Management — Economic Prospects from Tropical Rainforest Ethnobotany — Agricultural Systems on the Floodplains of the Peruvian Amazon — Production and Profit in Agroforestry: An Example from the Peruvian Amazon — Costs and Benefits of Floodplain Forest Management by Rural Inhabitants in the Amazon Estuary: A Case Study of Açai Palm Production — Sustained Yield Management of Natural Forests: The Palcazú Production Forest — Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve — Extractive Reserves: The Rubber Tappers’ Strategy for Sustainable Use of the Amazon Rainforest — Indigenous Soil Management in the Amazon Basin: Some Implications for Development — An Economic Analysis of Huastec Mayan Forest Management — Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture in the Andean Highlands — Agricultural Terraces in Peru’s Colca Valley: Promises and Problems of an Ancient Technology — Raised Fields and Sustainable Agriculture in the Lake Titicaca Basin of Peru — A Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture on Desert Streambeds — Arroyos and the Development of Agriculture in Northern Mexico — Research in Progress — Developing the Chocó Region of Colombia — Socioeconomic Analysis of Agroforestry Systems Applied on Demonstration Farms in Central America