Published to coincide with the United Nations' Conference on Environment and Development, held in Brazil in June 1992, this study offers information on the current condition of the tropical forests and suggests new geo-political strategies for their survival.
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Tropical forests rank foremost among my professional preoccupations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forest industrial complexes, ecological complexity, climatic linkages, tropical forest nations, tropical forest countries, green gasoline, tropical forest biome, tropical forest plants, forest farmers, commercial logger, ooo square kilometers, forest organisms, minor forest products, exploitation pressures, tropical forest zone, biological richness, global heritage, primary forest, dipterocarp forest Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, United States, Central America, Third World, Latin America, West Africa, Mount Kenya, World Wildlife Fund, North America, World Bank, Costa Rica, The Forest Farmer, The Commercial Logger, The Primary Source, World War, Pharmaceutical Factories, Role of Tropical Forest Countries, Ivory Coast, Great Britain, New Guinea, Cornucopia of Foods, Western Europe, Peninsular Malaysia, Nature's Powerhouse, The Cattle Raiser Browse Sample Pages:
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Tropical forests rank foremost among my professional preoccupations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forest industrial complexes, ecological complexity, climatic linkages, tropical forest nations, tropical forest countries, green gasoline, tropical forest biome, tropical forest plants, forest farmers, commercial logger, ooo square kilometers, forest organisms, minor forest products, exploitation pressures, tropical forest zone, biological richness, global heritage, primary forest, dipterocarp forest Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, United States, Central America, Third World, Latin America, West Africa, Mount Kenya, World Wildlife Fund, North America, World Bank, Costa Rica, The Forest Farmer, The Commercial Logger, The Primary Source, World War, Pharmaceutical Factories, Role of Tropical Forest Countries, Ivory Coast, Great Britain, New Guinea, Cornucopia of Foods, Western Europe, Peninsular Malaysia, Nature's Powerhouse, The Cattle Raiser Browse Sample Pages:
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- Shadows in the Forest: Japan and the Politics of Timber in Southeast Asia (Politics, Science, and the Environment) by Peter Dauvergne in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins on page 255, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Biodiversity: Exploring Values and Priorities in Conservation by D. J. Perlman on page 7, page 9, and Back Matter
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