Population and deforestation in humid tropics

This policy monograph on the subject of Population and Deforestation in the Humid Tropics is based on the papers of a Seminar on the same topic organized by the Committee on Population and the Environment, one of the scientific committees of IUSSP. Summary of main points; the Concept of Carrying Capacity; Patterns of Environmental Degradation and Social and Economic Change in the HumidTropics; Two Contrasting Pathways; An Example from Northern Argentina; The Intensification of Traditional Agricultural Methods; An Example from Cameroon; An Example from Indonesia;An Example from a Nepalese Village; Environmental Consequences of Demographic Problems; Demographic Consequences of Environmental Problems; Peru: Road Construction Policies, Coca Cultivation and Deforestation; Indonesia: Transmigration Goals and Realities; Costa Rica: Inappropriate Property Laws; Policy Conclusions; list of papers. Copyright 1994 IUSSP