The Tropical Rainforest: A World Survey of Our Most Valuable Endangered Habitat : With a Blueprint for Its Survival
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0816019444 / Publisher: Checkmark Books, January 1990
Surveys rainforest ecology and examines how rainforests are threatened by human pressures and exploitation
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Newman (founder, International Society for the Preservation of the Tropical Rainforest) introduces a general readership to the ecology and distribution of the world's remaining tropical rainforests, describes the consequences of continued deforestation, and presents a practical plan for saving the rainforests through the use of efficient cutting techniques in the timber industry and sustainable agriculture. Filled with color photos, maps and charts. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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