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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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The pressures created by human population growth and economic expansion place storehouses of biological diversity such as the Tropics in peril. The seriousness of the situation is clear when we consider that probably only 1 out of every 20 tropical species is known to science. What arguments can you make for preserving biological diversity ill poor and developing countries, such as those in many areas of the Tropics? Does such preservation require that these countries sacrifice economic development? Suggest some solutions to the conflict between the growing demand for
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