Trouble in Paradise Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

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Synopsis

Environmental degradation in Latin America has become one of the most pressing issues on the international agenda. The volume began to crescendo when space shuttle astronauts photographed five thousand fires on a single night in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondonia in 1985, and grew shrill when rubbertapper Chico Mendes was shot in 1988 trying to

Book details

Author:
J Roberts Timmons
ISBN:
9781136745515
Related ISBNs:
9780429235818, 9780203819760, 9780415929790, 9780415929790, 9780415929806, 9780415929806
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
304
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-05-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2003
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government