Literature on Shifting Cultivation

Bunch, R. 1995. Two ears of corn: a guide to people-centered agricultural improvement. World Neighbors, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Myers, N. 1980. Conversion of tropical moist forests. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. (also cited at times with NAS [National Academy of Sciences] as author).

National Research Council. 1993. Sustainable agriculture and the environment in the humid tropics. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C.

Peters, W. J., and L. F. Neuenschwander. 1988. Slash and burn farming in the third world forest. University of Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho.

Southgate, D. 1998. Tropical forest conservation: an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

World Neighbors, Omaha, Nebraska. An international organization that works extensively with green manure cover crops and other methods of assisting peasant farmers.

Many WorldWide Web resources exist: recommended search words include green manure, cover crop, and Mucuna.

Literature on Hunting in Tropical Forests

Redford, K. H. 1992. The empty forest. BioScience 42:412-422.

Robinson, J. G., and K. H. Redford. 1994. Measuring the sustainability of hunting in tropical forests. Oryx 28:249-256.

Robinson, J. G., and E. Bennett. 1999. Hunting for sustainability in tropical forests. Columbia University Press, New York.

Many sources are available on the Worldwide Web.