Latin America & the Caribbean: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues

by Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom

Overview

A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean—from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.

Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean.

What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web. Latin America & the Caribbean examines a region waking up to its environmental problems and possibilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576076903
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/02/2003
Series:	The World's Environments
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom are professional writers. Their published works include all six volumes in ABC-CLIO's World Environments series.

Editorial Reviews

This volume belongs in libraries of all types that support Latin American studies, businesses, or services.” —Choice

“Readers seeking a balanced treatment of environmental issues in Latin America and Caribbean countries . . . should seriously consider this book. It serves as a good first-source reference, providing adequate background for pursuing more in-depth research.” —American Reference Books Annual

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