Description
Book SynopsisThe book summarizes the history of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean. Few publications provide historical detail and the records are, therefore, fragmented until now. By bringing information together in this book, we offer a more complete picture of important developments in biological control on this continent. There are a wealth of text, tables and references about the history of such projects, and which were successful and which failed. This will help plan future biocontrol projects. An overview is provided of the current situation in biological control for many Latin American and Caribbean countries, revealing an astonishing level of practical biological control applied in the region, making it the largest area under biological control worldwide. The final part describes new developments and speculates about the future of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Table of Contents1: Biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean: information sources, organizations, types and approaches in biological control 2: Biological control in Argentina 3: Biological control in Barbados 4: Biological control in Belize 5: Biological control in Bolivia 6: Biological control in Brazil 7: Biological control in Chile 8: Biological control in Colombia 9: Biological control in Costa Rica 10: Biological control in Cuba 11: Biological control in Dominica 12: Biological control in the Dominican Republic 13: Biological control in continental Ecuador and the Galapagos islands 14: Biological control in El Salvador 15: Biological control in French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique 16: Biological control in Guatemala 17: Biological control in Guyana 18: Biological control in Haiti 19: Biological control in Honduras 20: Biological control in Jamaica 21: Biological control in Mexico 22: Biological control in Nicaragua 23: Biological control in Panama 24: Biological control in Paraguay 25: Biological control in Peru 26: Biological control in Puerto Rico 27: Biological control in the Remaining Caribbean islands 28: Biological control in Suriname 29: Biological control in Trinidad and Tobago 30: Biological control in Uruguay 31: Biological control in Venezuela 32: Achievements and future of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean
