Controlling Tropical Deforestation
- ISBN-10
- 1853831425
- ISBN-13
- 9781853831423
- Category
- Nature / Plants / Trees
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Earthscan
- Author
- Alan Grainger
Description
A comprehensive introduction to the problem of tropical deforestation, giving a fresh analysis of the causes and the policies needed to slow and prevent it.
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