ENVIRONMENT:  Logging and Tropical Forest Conservation

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ENVIRONMENT:
Logging and Tropical Forest Conservation

Ian A. Bowles, R. E. Rice, R. A. Mittermeier, and G. A. B. da Fonseca

The international community has experimented with a range of strategies to conserve biodiversity and curb tropical deforestation. But new logging investments in primary tropical forests, including those made in the name of "sustainability," are likely to do more harm than good. Conservationists should instead focus on more investments in protected areas and creative ways to prevent the spread of logging in these rapidly-declining ecosystems.

I. A. Bowles, R. E. Rice, and R. A. Mittermeier are at Conservation International, 2501 M Street N.W., Washington, DC 20037, USA. E-mail: d.rice{at}conservation.org G. A. B. da Fonseca is at Conservation International Brazil, Belo Horizonte 31275-000 M.G., Brazil, and the Department of Zoology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. E-mail: g.fonseca{at}conservation.org.br

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