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Deforesting the earth : from prehistory to global crisis /

Since humans first appeared on the earth, we've been cutting down trees for fuel and shelter. Indeed, the thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests are among the most important ways humans have transformed the global environment. With the onset of industrialization and colonization...

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Main Author: Williams, Michael, 1935-2009 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Forests and forestry > History.
Clearing of land > History.
Deforestation > History.
Foresterie > Histoire.
Défrichement > Histoire.
Déboisement > Histoire.
42.91 terrestrial ecology.
15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general.
Clearing of land.
Deforestation.
Forests and forestry.
Bossen.
Ontbossing.
Florestas.
Desmatamento (história)
Déboisement.
Défrichement.
Forêt.
Foresterie.
Histoire.
Influence de l'homme sur la nature.
History.
History (form)
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