Cattle are eating the forest
Journal Article
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· Bull. At. Sci.; (United States)
World population growth is causing a trend for less-developed countries to become food importers because of short-sighted agricultural practices and land-use policies. Honduras illustrates how population growth pushes farming onto marginal lands. The land used to grow tropical fruit for export is shifting to pasture where cattle are raised for export. Improved transportation links are accelerating this shift. The results of slash-and-mulch cultivation has been to diminish forest and fallow land. Although the short-term effects benefit the landless as well as the land owners, a new class of migrant worker is finding unemployment on the rise, and local populations must compete with cattle for food because the cattle are sold to international meat processors. 17 references. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 6270320
- Journal Information:
- Bull. At. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. At. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 39:1; ISSN BASIA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
520500 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
553000 -- Agriculture & Food Technology
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ANIMALS
CATTLE
CENTRAL AMERICA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPORTS
FOOD
HONDURAS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
LATIN AMERICA
MAMMALS
POPULATION DENSITY
RUMINANTS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
VERTEBRATES
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
520500 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
553000 -- Agriculture & Food Technology
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ANIMALS
CATTLE
CENTRAL AMERICA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPORTS
FOOD
HONDURAS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
LATIN AMERICA
MAMMALS
POPULATION DENSITY
RUMINANTS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
VERTEBRATES