The Costs of Ecological Decline in the Philippines
by
Barbara Goldoftas
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2005
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....