Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests
Contributors: John Robinson (Editor); Elizabeth Boundas' (Editor)
Edition: 300 edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: December 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1000
ISBN-13: 9780231109765
Subjects: Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Human ecology; Management of land & natural resources; Rural communities; Sustainability; Tropical Ecology; Nature; Environmental Studies; Business/Economics; Africa; South America; Tropics; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Life Sciences - Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Wildlife; Hunting; Hunting and gathering societie; Hunting and gathering societies; Wildlife Management
First sentence: The hunt of the Snark, a search undertaken by the Beaver, the Barrister ("brought to arrange their disputes"), the Butcher ("He could only kill beavers"), the Banker (with "the whole of their cash in his care"), and the rest of the motley crew could almost be Lewis Carroll's allegory for the quest for sustainability, but if so he was before his time.