The Last Rain Forests: A World Conservation Atlas
- ISBN-10
- 0195208366
- ISBN-13
- 9780195208368
- Category
- Deforestation
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press
- Author
- N. Mark Collins
Description
Lists and illustrates over fifty of the world's rain forests, provides information on the problems facing them, and offers suggestions for their survival
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