Big Mac and the Tropical Forests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9202012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph K Skinner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 25 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-037-07-1985-11_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2013830665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Hello, fast-food chains. Goodbye, tropical forests. Sound like an odd connection? The "free-market" economy has led to results even stranger than this, but perhaps none have been as environmentally devastating. These are the harsh facts: the tropical forests are being leveled for commercial purposes at the rate of 150,000 square kilometers a year, an area the size of England and Wales combined.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biology · Connection (principal bundle) · Geography · Rainforest · Subtropics · Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical climate · Tropical forest · Tropical rain forest · Tropics · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Engineering · Environmental Science · History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1989 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |