Footprints in the jungle
Subtitle: natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation
By: edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas.
Contributors: Bowles, Ian A.; Prickett, Glenn T.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Forest management -- Tropics; Forest products industry -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics; Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics; Forest biological diversity conservation -- Tropics; Rain forest conservation; Rain forest ecology
Description: Discusses the technical, environmental, social and legal issues surrounding extraction in tropical forests, and argues for better conservation practices and selective usage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.