00864nam a2200109Ia 4500080002200000245007200022260011900094300002200213520048600235583002100721650001200742  aREF 18.07.01 L357  aLatin America and the Caribbean : atlas of our changing environment  bUNEP and the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)aPanama CityPAc2010  axv; [3] 19-313 p.  aPresents through cases, images, maps, tables, graphs and text - a picture of the ecosystems in  Latin America and the Caribbean in the past the current situation. Tells the tale of how deforestation has contributed to the loss of biodiversity, of how those changes have likewise led to air and water pollution, degradation of the soil, the habitat, depletion of species due to overhunting, the introduction of invasive species, and the host of challenges peoples of this area face.  c7/16/14kEVELYND  aATLASES