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02784cam a2200265 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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4483809 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20160310151832.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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950720s1995 ja ab b 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
928080877X (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NSbSU |
| Transcribing agency |
NSbSU |
| Modifying agency |
NHC |
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WU |
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DLC |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
GE190.L29 F73 |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Fragile tropics of Latin America : |
| Remainder of title |
sustainable management of changing environments / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Tokyo ; |
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New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
United Nations University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c1995. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 325 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., diagrs, graphs, maps ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
pt. 1. The ecological outlook: Ecological prospective for tropical Latin America / Gilberto C. Gallopín and Manuel Winograd. Rich and poor ecosystems of Amazonia : an approach to management / Emilio F. Moran. Archaeological perspectives on the potential of Amazonia for intensive exploitation / Betty J. Meggers. Distribution and interannual variability of rainfall in Brazil / Minoru Tanaka, Akio Tsuchiya, and Toshie Nishizawa -- pt. 2. The Brazilian Amazon: Waters and wetlands of Brazilian Amazonia : an uncertain future / Hilgard O'Reilly Sternberg. A fragile capitalism in a fragile environment : entrepreneurs and state bureaucracies in the free zone of Manaus / Roberto Motta -- pt. 3. The Peruvian Amazon: Aquatic and land fauna management among the floodplain ribereños of the Peruvian Amazon / Mario Hiraoka. Subsistence-and market-oriented agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon / Christine Padoch and Wil de Jong. Local management of forest resources in a rural community in north-east Peru / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Daniel Zarin and Peter Jipp -- pt. 4. The semi-arid North-East: White sand soils in North-East Brazil / Eiji Matsumoto. Changing aspects of drought-deciduous vegetation in the semi-arid region of North-East Brazil / Ichiroku Hayashi. Characteristics and utilization of tree species in the semi-arid woodland of North-East Brazil / Toshie Nishizawa, Akio Tsuchiya and Maria Magdalena Vieira Pinto. Drought, irrigation, and changes in the sertão of North-East Brazil / Isao Saito and Noritaka Yagasaki. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Amazonia and adjacent lands have tremendous environmental variations, and approaches to the sustainable management of these fragile lands must be different. Geographers Hiraoka, Nishizawa, Sternberg, and Yagasaki have important contributions among the 14 articles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Environmental policy |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ecology |
| Geographic subdivision |
Latin America. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ecology |
| General subdivision |
Tropics. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
75093 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nishizawa, Toshie, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1929- |
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| Personal name |
Uitto, Juha I. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Circulation Dept. |
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