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Rainforests of the world a reference handbook
Title:
Rainforests of the world a reference handbook
Author:
Gay, Kathlyn.
ISBN:
9781576074251

9781576074244
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 257 p.)
Series:
Contemporary world issues

Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
Rainforest Locations -- Tropical Rainforests -- Temperate Rainforests -- Vital Support Systems -- Rainforest Habitats -- Tropical Habitats -- Temperate Habitats -- Products from Tropical Forests -- Indigenous People -- Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Disappearing Forest Cover -- Government Policies Contributing to Deforestation -- Amazonia Rainforest Destruction -- North American Policies -- Logging in the Tropics -- Other Causes of Tropical Deforestation -- Cattle Ranching -- Oil Extraction -- Dam Building -- The Impacts of Deforestation -- Indigenous People in Jeopardy -- Effects on Natural Resources -- Forest Fires and Global Warming -- Record Forest Fires -- Climate Change -- Efforts to Preserve Rainforests -- International Efforts -- Government Actions -- Grassroots Efforts -- Visions for the Future -- People and Events -- Abbey, Edward -- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act -- Blythe, Stephen -- Brown, Lester R. -- Earth Day -- Ehrlich, Paul R. and Anne H. -- Goldman Environmental Prize -- Kyoto Protocol -- Lovejoy, Thomas Eugene -- Marsh, George Perkins -- Mendes, Chico -- Montiel Flores, Rodolfo -- Myers, Norman -- Nugkuag Ikanan, Evaristo -- Paiakan, Paulo -- Pinchot, Gifford -- Raven, Peter H. -- Red List of Threatened Species -- Roddick, Anita -- Wilson, Edward O. -- Weyerhaeuser, Frederick -- "Wise Use" Movement -- Data and Documents -- Forest Cover -- Temperate Rainforests -- Harvesting in U.S. Forests -- Reducing Wood and Paper Use -- Valuable Ancient Trees -- Tropical Rainforest Products.
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