Author: University of Texas. Library. Latin American Collection
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Catalog
Author: University of Texas. Library. Latin American Collection
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Acta zoológica mexicana
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Category : Zoology
Languages : es
Pages : 760
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Category : Zoology
Languages : es
Pages : 760
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Barbarous Mexico
Author: John Kenneth Turner
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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An early 20th century American journalist's articles on Mexico before the Revolution.
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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An early 20th century American journalist's articles on Mexico before the Revolution.
A Revision of the Dulcamaroid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae)
Author: Sandra Knapp
Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546426849
Category : Solanaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This volume is a monograph of the 47 species of the Dulcamaroid clade of the large and diverse genus Solanum. Species in the group occur in North, Central and South America, and in Europe and Asia. The group is most species-rich in Peru and Brazil, and three of the component species, Solanum laxum of Brazil, Solanum seaforthianum of the Caribbean and and Solanum crispum of Chile are cultivated in many parts of the world. All species are illustrated and a distribution map of each is provided. All names are typified and nomenclatural and bibliographic details for all typifications presented. One new species from Ecuador is described. The monograph is the first complete taxonomic treatment of these species since the worldwide monograph of Solanum done by the French botanist Michel-Felix Dunal in 1852.
Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN: 9546426849
Category : Solanaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This volume is a monograph of the 47 species of the Dulcamaroid clade of the large and diverse genus Solanum. Species in the group occur in North, Central and South America, and in Europe and Asia. The group is most species-rich in Peru and Brazil, and three of the component species, Solanum laxum of Brazil, Solanum seaforthianum of the Caribbean and and Solanum crispum of Chile are cultivated in many parts of the world. All species are illustrated and a distribution map of each is provided. All names are typified and nomenclatural and bibliographic details for all typifications presented. One new species from Ecuador is described. The monograph is the first complete taxonomic treatment of these species since the worldwide monograph of Solanum done by the French botanist Michel-Felix Dunal in 1852.
The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests
Author: Caroline Harcourt
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This final volume in the The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests covers the Americas. It provides an up-to-date overview of the status of rain forests in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Following the format of the two previous volumes The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific (1991) and The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa (1992), the atlas is divided into two parts. Part I introduces and discusses the complex interrelated issues in the regions that are involved in both deforestation as well as conservation of the tropical forests. Included are discussions on the history of the forests, agricultural colonization policies and deforestation, conservation polices for plants and wildlife, protected areas, and the future of the tropical forests. Part II is a detailed and well referenced country-by-country analysis of conservation status and trends. Four-colour maps have been compiled from satellite and radar imagery, aerial photography, and the latest information provided by forestry departments and development agencies.
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This final volume in the The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests covers the Americas. It provides an up-to-date overview of the status of rain forests in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Following the format of the two previous volumes The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific (1991) and The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa (1992), the atlas is divided into two parts. Part I introduces and discusses the complex interrelated issues in the regions that are involved in both deforestation as well as conservation of the tropical forests. Included are discussions on the history of the forests, agricultural colonization policies and deforestation, conservation polices for plants and wildlife, protected areas, and the future of the tropical forests. Part II is a detailed and well referenced country-by-country analysis of conservation status and trends. Four-colour maps have been compiled from satellite and radar imagery, aerial photography, and the latest information provided by forestry departments and development agencies.
The Politics of Food in Mexico
Author: Jonathan Fox
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801427169
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Compares a range of Mexican food policy reforms, focusing on the SAM (Mexican Food System), a program in place from 1980-82, designed to shift subsidies and privileged access from large private farmers and ranchers to peasants and small producers. In this context, Fox (political science, MIT) examines the limits and possibilities of political reform, and its history and future in the Mexican state. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801427169
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Compares a range of Mexican food policy reforms, focusing on the SAM (Mexican Food System), a program in place from 1980-82, designed to shift subsidies and privileged access from large private farmers and ranchers to peasants and small producers. In this context, Fox (political science, MIT) examines the limits and possibilities of political reform, and its history and future in the Mexican state. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America
Author: Jonathan A. Campbell
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Wildlife Watching and Tourism
Author: Richard Tapper
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9783937429076
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Wildlife watching tourist activities can make an important contribution to community development and conservation, especially in developing countries, but it needs to be carefully planned and managed in order to ensure its long-term sustainability and to avoid potential adverse effects on wildlife and local communities. This report, published by UNEP and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), considers the socio-economic and environmental benefits that can be derived from watching wildlife tourism, including case studies from Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, the United States, Australia, Indonesia and Tanzania.
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9783937429076
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Wildlife watching tourist activities can make an important contribution to community development and conservation, especially in developing countries, but it needs to be carefully planned and managed in order to ensure its long-term sustainability and to avoid potential adverse effects on wildlife and local communities. This report, published by UNEP and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), considers the socio-economic and environmental benefits that can be derived from watching wildlife tourism, including case studies from Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, the United States, Australia, Indonesia and Tanzania.
The Basin of Mexico
Author: Exequiel Ezcurra
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"The book examines some of these questions in a historic perspective, arguing that the depletion of natural resources in the Basin of Mexico is not just a recent phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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"The book examines some of these questions in a historic perspective, arguing that the depletion of natural resources in the Basin of Mexico is not just a recent phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.
Synopsis of Biological Data on the Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys Imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Author: W. N. Witzell
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251013564
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251013564
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description