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Comments ] MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, in response to a growing
volume of literature on the subject, this section began to
emphasize environmental matters in Latin America. Concern about
the human impact on the landscape now predominates over any
other single theme. Contributions by geographers continue, but
many other branches of academe, as well as a number of public
and private sector organizations are also well represented.
Although there is still strong impetus by international
organizations such as the United Nations, there is growing
interest and concern by national institutions and agencies, with
countries like Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico well represented
in this volume of HLAS. Another aspect of environmental
concern's coming of age in Latin America is the historical depth
in some of the works annotated below (e.g., item bi 89013891).
An important sub-theme is the relationship among economic
development, politics, international funding, the