The Boxwood Press: A Panama Forest and Shore
A PANAMA FOREST AND SHORE
by Burton L. Gordon, Ph.D
1982, 6x9, 178 pp., cloth, $15.00, ISBN: 0-910286-88-4
THIS in-depth study merits the attention of anyone concerned with tropical
rainforests, ecology, or anthropology. Although the devastating consequences
of tropical deforestation are now widely recognized, efforts to slow the damage
are in disorder. Any program for tropical forest protection has to proceed
on a site-by-site basis, but this careful study illustrates principles that
apply to rainforests everywhere: The once widespread forest-saving system of
the native inhabitants of Boca del Toro Province in Panama. Intensely organic,
these land use practices incorporate biorhythms and changing populations as
well as weather. No other human system preserves rainforest diversity so well.
While this system can be greatly improved with more scientific methods, much
can be learned from it. Many photos, charts, and diagrams.
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