Environmental Management in the Tropics

Name: Environmental Management in the Tropics
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

The central thesis of this book is that history and a melding of artificial disciplinary divisions are essential for gaining any real understanding of the environmental tragedy and continuing dilemma of the tropics. > The arrival of western science and economic interests to the tropics has dramatically changed the tropical environment and its ecology. Environmental Management in the Tropics discusses the ecology of the tropics and examines how it is different from the temperate zone where western science evolved. The author discusses how native people traditionally subsisted in different ecological zones of the tropics and how they rationalized their relationship. The author also takes a critical look at the impact of colonialism in the tropics and how it changed traditional cultures and their relationship with the environment.The current clash between economics and ecology in the tropics is explored in depth. According to the author, we are now able to draw \""a line in the sand\""x