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Deforesting the earth from prehistory to global crisis : an abridgment

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006Description: xviii, 543 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0226899470
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.75WIL
Summary: Deforestation the thinning, changing and wholesale clearing of forests for fuel, shelter, and agriculture is among the most important ways humans have transformed the environment. Surveying ten thousand years to trace human induced deforestation's effect on economies, societies, and landscapes around the world. Deforesting the Earth is the preeminent history of this process and its consequences.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Sustainable Development 333.75WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available URD001940

Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-510) and index.

Deforestation the thinning, changing and wholesale clearing of forests for fuel, shelter, and agriculture is among the most important ways humans have transformed the environment. Surveying ten thousand years to trace human induced deforestation's effect on economies, societies, and landscapes around the world. Deforesting the Earth is the preeminent history of this process and its consequences.

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