fate of the forest

developers, destroyers and defenders of the Amazon

by Susanna Hecht

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Published 1990 by Penguin in London .
Written in English

Edition Notes

The Physical Object
Statement	Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn.
Contributions	Cockburn, Alexander, 1941-
Pagination	349p. ;
Number of Pages	349
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL15596679M
ISBN 10	0140133828

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By: Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn. Susanna Hecht, Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Director of The Latin American Center at UCLA, and Cockburn provide an ecological analysis of the Amazon as a place where humans dwell.

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Subjects: Deforestation -- Amazon River Region. Forest conservation -- Amazon River Region. Rain forest ecology -- Amazon River Region.

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