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Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest

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Exploitation of non-wood resources would provide profits while conserving Amazon forests. Yet little is done to promote their development.

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  1. Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 10458

    Charles M. Peters

  2. Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, 63166

    Alwyn H. Gentry

  3. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA

    Robert O. Mendelsohn

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Peters, C., Gentry, A. & Mendelsohn, R. Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest. Nature 339, 655–656 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/339655a0

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