Let Them Eat Shrimp The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Warne, Kennedy (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Forestry management.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.

What’s the connection between a platter of jumbo shrimp at your local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes along America’s Gulf coast? Mangroves. Many people have never heard of these salt-water forests, but for those who depend on t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Tigers in the Aisles
• 2. Paradise Lost
• 3. Pink Gold and a Blue Revolution
• 4. The Old Man and the Mud Crab
• 5. The Cockle Gatherers of Tambillo
• 6. A Just Fight
• 7. Bimini Twist
• 8. Candy and the Magic Forest
• 9. The Carbon Sleuth
• 10. Paradise Regained
• 11. The Road to Manzanar
• 12. Under the Mango Tree
• 13. A City and Its Mangroves
• 14. A Mangrove’sWorth
• Author’s Note
• Further Reading
• Index.