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Nature's Last Bastions
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"Sustainable use" of our tropical forests may be little more than wishful thinking.
Initially I wasn't enthusiastic about reading Requiem for Nature. Having just returned from a jaguar preserve in Belize I set up fifteen years ago, and preparing to embark on a wildlife survey along the MyanmarAssam border, the last thing I wanted to think about was a funeral mass for nature.
After more than two decades in the field, I know only too well that wildlife and wildlands are taking a beating. But after a few pages, I was drawn into this beautifully written book by John Terborgh, codirector of Duke University's Center for Tropical Conservation. I marveled at his insights, …
