The Vegetation and Physiography of Sumatra

by Y. Laumonier

Fifteen years ago, approximately half the world population was estimated to live in continental and insular South-East Asia (Burma, Thailand, Kampuchea, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines). Then the region had a population growth of four million people every month, and the problem of malnutrition was acute for the rural population. International agricultural development organisations decided that their primary aim would be to double existing levels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792337611
• ISBN13: 9780792337614
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 225 Pages