Carrie A. Meyer, Maria Concepcion Cruz, Robert Repetto, and Richard Woodward The linkages between population growth and environmental degradation are multiple, complex, and not well-understood. All too often, debate about Earth's ability to support human population degenerates into warnings of exponential population growth on the one hand and evidence of rising standards of living in many parts of the world on the other. The authors of this thought provoking study expand the debate significantly by considering the critical role of social institutions, equity, resource management, and other variables in the population/resource relationships. In case studies of Coast Rica and the Philippines, the authors target poverty and open access resources, show how both contribute to forests degradation, and suggest ways to improve the outcome. 1992 / 90 pages |
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