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Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by A. Angelsen and D. Kaimowitz
| Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by A. Angelsen and D. Kaimowitz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : CABI Pub., 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (436 p.) |
| Disciplina |
333.75/137/0913
634.92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AngelsenArild
KaimowitzDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Deforestation - Tropics
Deforestation - Control - Tropics Agriculture - Technology transfer - Tropics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-90479-1
9786611904791 0-85199-899-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: the Role of Agricultural Technologies in Tropical Deforestation; 2 Technological Change and Deforestation: a Theoretical Overview; 3 The Transition from Deforestation to Reforestation in Europe; 4 Did a Green Revolution Restore the Forests of the American South?; 5 A general Equilibrium Analysis of Technology, Migration and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon; 6 Will Intensifying Pasture Management in Latin America Protect Forests - or Is It the Other Way Round?
7 Intensified Small-scale Livestock Systems in the Western Brazilian Amazon8 Technological Progress versus Economic Policy as Tools to Control Deforestation: the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica; 9 Land Use, Agricultural Technology and Deforestation among Settlers in the Ecuadorean Amazon; 10 Ecuador Goes Bananas: Incremental Technological Change and Forest Loss; 11 Soybean Technology and the Loss of Natural Vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia; 12 Kudzu-improved Fallows in the Peruvian Amazon; 13 Ambiguous Effects of Policy Reforms on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa 14 A century of Technological Change and Deforestation in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia15 Livestock Disease Control and the Changing Landscapes of South-west Ethiopia; 16 Tree Crops as Deforesstation and Reforesstation Agents: the Case of Cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and Sulawesi; 17 Agricultural and Deforestation in Tropical Asia: and Analytical Framework; 18 Deforestation, Irrigation, Employment and Cautious Optimism in Southern Palawan, the Philippines; 19 Agricultural Development Policies and Land Expansion in a Southern Philippine Watershed 20 The Impact of Rubber on the Forest Landscape in Borneo21 Agricultural Technology and Froests: a Recapitulation; 22 Policy Recommendations; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455777703321 |
| New York, : CABI Pub., 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation / / editors, A. Angelsen, D. Kaimowitz
| Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation / / editors, A. Angelsen, D. Kaimowitz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : CABI Pub., , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 422 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina |
333.75/137/0913
634.92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AngelsenArild
KaimowitzDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Deforestation - Tropics
Deforestation - Control - Tropics Agriculture - Technology transfer - Tropics |
| ISBN |
1-281-90479-1
9786611904791 0-85199-899-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: the Role of Agricultural Technologies in Tropical Deforestation; 2 Technological Change and Deforestation: a Theoretical Overview; 3 The Transition from Deforestation to Reforestation in Europe; 4 Did a Green Revolution Restore the Forests of the American South?; 5 A general Equilibrium Analysis of Technology, Migration and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon; 6 Will Intensifying Pasture Management in Latin America Protect Forests - or Is It the Other Way Round?
7 Intensified Small-scale Livestock Systems in the Western Brazilian Amazon 8 Technological Progress versus Economic Policy as Tools to Control Deforestation: the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica; 9 Land Use, Agricultural Technology and Deforestation among Settlers in the Ecuadorean Amazon; 10 Ecuador Goes Bananas: Incremental Technological Change and Forest Loss; 11 Soybean Technology and the Loss of Natural Vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia; 12 Kudzu-improved Fallows in the Peruvian Amazon; 13 Ambiguous Effects of Policy Reforms on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa 14 A century of Technological Change and Deforestation in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia 15 Livestock Disease Control and the Changing Landscapes of South-west Ethiopia; 16 Tree Crops as Deforesstation and Reforestation Agents: the Case of Cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and Sulawesi; 17 Agricultural and Deforestation in Tropical Asia: and Analytical Framework; 18 Deforestation, Irrigation, Employment and Cautious Optimism in Southern Palawan, the Philippines; 19 Agricultural Development Policies and Land Expansion in a Southern Philippine Watershed 20 The Impact of Rubber on the Forest Landscape in Borneo 21 Agricultural Technology and Forests: a Recapitulation; 22 Policy Recommendations; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780315203321 |
| New York : , : CABI Pub., , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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