Latin America and the Caribbean : atlas of our changing environment

Author/Creator:: United Nations Environment Programme. Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe
Publication/Creation:: Panama City, Panama : UNEP, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, [2010]
Format:: Map

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Full Title:: Latin America and the Caribbean : atlas of our changing environment / United Nations Environment Program

Additional Author/Creators:: United States. Agency for International Development
Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean

Genre:: Maps
Remote-sensing maps
Subjects:: Landscapes--Environmental aspects--Latin America--Maps
Landscapes--Environmental aspects--Caribbean Area--Maps
Ecology--Latin America--Maps
Ecology--Caribbean Area--Maps
Global environmental change--Maps
Environmental monitoring--Latin America--Maps
Environmental monitoring--Caribbean Area--Maps
Environmentally sensitive areas--Latin America--Maps
Environmentally sensitive areas--Caribbean Area--Maps

Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-304).
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 atlas (313 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 37 cm
General Note:: "UNEP published this Atlas with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the technical collaboration of Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and The Caribbean (CATHALAC)."--Acknowledgments.
"... collects more than 200 images showing the main environmental issues in the region. More than a book of maps, this publication is the first effort to analyze, with the combined use of spectacular satellite images and scientific data, the transformation that the regional environment is experiencing."--P. 4 of cover.
Additional Physical Form:: Also available online.