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