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The Green Tiger - The Costs of Ecological Decline in the Philippines (Paperback, annotated edition)
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The Green Tiger - The Costs of Ecological Decline in the Philippines (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Once famous for the beauty of its white beaches, reef-ringed
islands, and lush forests, today the Philippines is known as an
example of the deep costs of ecological decline. In less than a
generation, large and small users alike felled the forests,
shattered the coral reefs, and over-fished the oceans. The rapid
harvest of the once-abundant resources has brought environmental
changes: droughts, deadly flash floods, and the collapse of vital
fisheries. The consequences have reverberated throughout the
country. As the rural economy weakened, millions migrated to the
cities, overwhelming the infrastructure and deepening the problems
of urban health. Pioneering efforts have been launched to curtail
the environmental damage and manage the resources that remain.
Trained as a botanist and plant ecologist, writer Barbara Goldoftas
traveled extensively throughout the archipelago to document the
loss of the natural resources, the dramatic human costs, and
efforts to reverse the decline. Along the forest frontier, she met
villagers whose fields had been washed away by mudslides and church
workers risking their lives to defend the dwindling forests. In
coastal villages, she spoke with fishermen who, having watched
their catches diminish with the dying reefs, enforced the
boundaries of no-take zones. In towns and villages alike, she
interviewed local politicians and leaders of non-governmental
organizations working to combine conservation and development and
keep their communities intact. Written about a country often
described as an environmental worst-case scenario, The Green Tiger
offers an unusually close look at the consequences of ecological
decline and determined efforts to reverse them. Itargues that,
rather than destroying a natural resource base, development should
integrate conservation and economic growth. It gives a realistic,
but optimistic vision of the long process of "nation-building" that
is the backdrop of environmental work in a developing country and a
new democracy.
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