| Breakfast of Biodiversity: The Political Ecology of Rain Forest Destruction Contributor(s): VanderMeer, John (Author), Perfecto, Ivette (Author), Shiva, Vandana (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 093502896X ISBN-13: 9780935028966 Publisher: Food First Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecology - Nature | Plants - Trees |
| Dewey: 333.751 |
| LCCN: 2005018324 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.3" W x 8.54" (0.66 lbs) 207 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Breakfast of Biodiversity, John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto insightfully describe the ways in which such disparate factors as the international banking system, modern agricultural techniques, rain forest ecology, and the struggles of the poor interact to bring down the forest. They weave an alternative vision in which democracy, sustainable agriculture, and land security for the poor are at the center of the movement to save the tropical environment. This new, fully updated edition of Breakfast of Biodiversity discusses important new developments in our understanding of rain forest biology and assesses the impacts of a decade of "free" trade on the rain forest and on those who live in and around it. |