The Primary Source: Tropical Forests and Our Future

by Nancy J. Myers and Norman Myers

Book Overview

Tropical forests form the most diverse and complex ecosystem on earth--a virtual powerhouse of evolution--containing 40 percent of all living species. They provide us with food, medicines, germplasm stocks to replenish our crops, and new types of energy sources. It is clear we cannot afford to lose our tropical forests. But we are losing them--to the overexploitation of multinational corporations, to the severe economic needs of the Third World, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393308286
• ISBN13: 9780393308280
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"