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The author focuses on the time factor in the natural regeneration of the tropical rainforest, examining the economic and practical implications of the very long period of time needed for such forest to regrow.
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The biological setting; deforestation - historical perspective; deforestation, time and species extinction; time, nature and aboriginal man in the tropical rain forest; the tropical rain forest - patterns of exploitation and trade; the economics of exploitation; forest resource renewability; the tyranny of time.
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