Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A NEW SPECIES OF WILD MAIZE -- THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF BOTANICAL EXPLORATION -- References -- Chapter 11 The Outlook for new Agricultural and Industrial Products from the Tropics -- AGRICULTURE -- NEW CROPS -- IMPROVEMENT OF CROP SPECIES THROUGH CROSS-BREEDING -- NATURAL PESTICIDES -- INDUSTRY -- FATS AND OILS -- FIBERS -- THE ROLE OF THE ETHNOBOTANIST -- References -- PART 3 DIVERSITY AT RISK: TROPICAL FORESTS -- Chapter 12 Our Diminishing Tropical Forests -- Chapter 13 The Tropical Forest Canopy The Heart of Biotic Diversity -- THE PROBLEM -- THE HISTORY -- References -- Chapter 14 Tropical Dry Forests The Most Endangered Major Tropical Ecosystem -- DIVERSITY IN THE DRY FOREST -- A MANY-FACED THREAT -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- References -- Chapter 15 Deforestation and Indians in Brazilian Amazonia -- THE YANOMAMI OF NORTHERN BRAZIL -- THE KAYAPO OF CENTRAL BRAZIL -- THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF SHIFTING CULTIVATION -- INDIAN PRODUCTIVITY IN THE TROPICAL FOREST -- THE IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION ON INDIAN LIFE -- INDIAN MANAGERS OF THE RAIN FORESTS -- References -- Chapter 16 Primate Diversity and the Tropical Forest Case Studies from Brazil and Madagascar and Importance of the... -- References -- PART 4 DIVERSITY AT RISK: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- The construction of security -- Emancipation -- Brazilian Amazonian deforestation -- Australia and global climate change -- Conclusion…”
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