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Timber, tourists, and temples : conservation and development in the Maya forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico by Richard B. Primack (editor), David Bray (editor), Hugo A. Galletti (editor), Ismael Ponciano (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Stretching across southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize, the Maya Forest, or Selva Maya, constitutes one of the last large blocks of tropical forest remaining in North and Central America. Home to Mayan-speaking people for more than 5,000 years, the region is also uncommonly rich in cultural and archaeological resources. Timber, Tourists, and Temples brings together the leading biologists, social scientists, and conservationists working in the region to present in a single volume information on the intricate social and political issues, and the complex scientifc and management problems to be resolved there. Following an introductory chapter that presents GIS and remote sensing data, the book: considers perspectives on managing forest resources and the forestry and conservation policies of each nation examines efforts by communities to manage their forest resources explains the connections between resource conservation and use by local people highlights research projects that integrate baseline biological research with impact assessments explains the need to involve local people in conservation effort Timber, Tourists, and Temples explores methods of supporting the biologi

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Author

Richard B. Primack (editor), David Bray (editor), Hugo A. Galletti (editor), Ismael Ponciano (editor)

Publisher

Island Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781559635417

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Travel, Business