Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension

Edited by Leslie E. Sponsel, Thomas N. Headland, and Robert C. Bailey

October, 1996
Paper, 352 pages, 72 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-10319-0
$40.00 / £23.50

Cloth, 352 pages, 72 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-10318-3
$78.50 / £46.00

While many studies of tropical deforestation neglect the indigenous people of the forests, this book illuminates the insights local people have into conservation of their ecosystems, the effects of habitation on those ecosystems, and the impact of development and natural resource depletion on their lives. The authors present fresh perspectives on deforestation from a wide range of fields including biological ecology, forest history, conservation biology, anthropology, political economy, and development economics. The book covers Central and South America, Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Related Subjects

• Conservation

Series

• Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation

About the Author

LESLIE E. SPONSEL is professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii. THOMAS N. HEADLAND teaches at the University of Texas, Arlington. ROBERT C. BAILEY is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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