Full title: Breakfast of biodiversity : the political ecology of rain forest destruction / John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto ; foreword by Vandana Shiva.

Author/creator: Perfecto, Ivette, Vandermeer, John.

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Record Identifier: 74VKmjyGvgmb

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xi, 206 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm., Slicing up the rain forest on your breakfast cereal -- The rain forest is neither fragile nor stable -- Farming on rain forest soils -- The political economy of agriculture in rain forest areas -- The multiple faces of agriculture in the modern world system -- The political ecology of logging and related activities -- Globalization and the new politics -- Rain forest conservation : the direct or indirect approach? -- Biodiversity, agriculture, and rain forests -- Who constructs the rain forest? -- Past causes, future models, present action.

Publishers: Oakland, Calif. : Food First Books, c2005.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmjyGvgmb

DDC: 333.7516

MMS ID: 991020701979702626