The Green Tiger: The Costs of Economic Decline in the Philippines

by Barbara Goldoftas

Book Overview

Once famous for the beauty of its white beaches, reef-ringed islands, and lush forests, today the Philippines is known as an example of the deep costs of ecological decline. In less than a generation, large and small users alike felled the forests, shattered the coral reefs, and over-fished the oceans. The rapid harvest of the once-abundant resources has brought environmental changes: droughts, deadly flash floods, and the collapse of vital fisheries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195135113
• ISBN13: 9780195135114
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.2"