Sustainable Resource Development in the Third World. Selected Papers from an International Symposium (Columbus, Ohio, September 1985). Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management

Over time, scientists, technologists, and resource managers in affiuent countries have devised and institutionalized methodologies for exploiting and managing natural resources in their own environments with considerable success. In doing so, they have provided models, at least of development and affiuence, that the less developed countries seek to employ. An international symposium involving both invited and contributed papers addressing the technological and institutional challenges of sustainable development of natural resources in the Third World was staged in September 1985 in Columbus, Ohio, co-sponsored by The Argonne National Laboratory of Argonne, Illinois, The Tropical Renewable Resources Program and the School of Natural Resources of The Ohio State University, and the United States Agency for International Development. This volume presents selected papers from the symposium. Over time, scientists, technologists, and resource managers in affluent countries have devised and institutionalized methodologies for exploiting and managing natural resources in their own environments with considerable success. In doing so, they have provided models, at least of development and affluence, that the less developed countries seek to employ. An international symposium involving both invited and contributed papers addressed the technological and institutional challenges of sustainable development of natural resources in the Third World. Described in many papers are approaches that have worked in developing countries. Topics considered include: (1) forestry; (2) soil erosion; (3) renewable energy; (4) economic analyses; (5) biological diversity; (6) environmental education; (7) distribution of charcoal stoves; and (8) sustainable development. (TW) This book provides a general insight into the assessment of environmental problems in the Third world and development of strategies for dealing with those problems. Most of the contributing authors focus on watershed management, encompassing soil conservation and social forestry. In addition renewable energy projects and threats to biological diversity are addressed. Attention is paid to social and economic analysis This volume is a selection of papers on sustainable development of natural resources in the Third World from a symposium in Sept 1985 sponsored by The Argonne National Laboratory of Argonne, The Tropical Renewable Resources Program and the School of Natural Resources Ohio State University, and the U.S.Agency for International Development. This book provides insights into the assessment of environmental problems in the Third World and development of strategies for dealing with those problems, particularly focusing on watershed management and addressing renewable energy projects and threats to biological diversity. Edited By Douglas D. Southgate And John F. Disinger. Includes Bibliographies And Index.