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    Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico
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    Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico
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    Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico
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    Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico

    By Richard B. Primack

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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 presin a single volume information on the intricate social and political issues, and the complex scientifc and managemproblems 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 effortTimber, Tourists, and Temples explores methods of supporting the biological foundation of the Maya Forest and keeping alive that unique and diverse ecosystem. While many areas face similar developmpressures, few have been studied as much or for as long as the Maya Forest. The wealth of information included in this pathbreaking work will be valuable not only for researchers involved with the Maya Forest but for anyone concerned with the protection, use, and managemof tropical forest ecosystems throughout the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsland Press
    Release dateApr 10, 2013
    ISBN9781610911153
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    Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico
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    Richard B. Primack

    Richard Primack is professor of biology at Boston University. David Bray is program officer with the Inter-American Foundation. Hugo A. Galletti works with the National Union of Communal Forestry Organizations in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Ismael Ponciano is director of the Center for Conservation at San Carlos University in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

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      Drawing on a lifetime of Beebe's journals, Gould has created a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read biography of this fascinating naturalist. I was amazed that a person who had such an impact in this field isn't more widely known.