Traditional and Modern Natural Resource Management in Latin America: Management In Latin America

Traditional and Modern Natural Resource Management in Latin America: Management In Latin America
ISBN-10
0822975068
ISBN-13
9780822975069
Category
Political Science
Pages
344
Language
English
Published
1999-10-15
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Pre
Authors
Francisco J. Pichon, John Frechione, Jorge E. Uquillas

Description

This book identifies a major problem facing developing nations and the countries and sources that fund them: the lack of attention and/or effective strategies available to prevent farmers in underdeveloped and poorly endowed regions from sinking still deeper into poverty while avoiding further degradation of marginal environments. The contributors propose an alliance of scientific knowledge with native skill as the best way to proceed, arguing that folk systems can often provide effective management solutions that are not only locally effective, but which may have the potential for spatial diffusion. While this has been said before, the volume makes one of the best articulated statements of how to implement such an approach.

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