Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-180) and index.
The tropical rainforest: History and environment -- Destruction of the rainforest: Rates of loss -- Causes and processes of clearance -- Impacts and costs of destruction -- Forest peoples -- Possible solutions.
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Tropical Rainforests takes a broad, fresh perspective on the ecology, environment and people of the world's most vital ecosystem, using case studies from all the major forest areas.