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Saving What Remains Alternatives to Cattle on Tropical Lands                        Forest Type Cattle Ranching Annual Yield of Meat Alternative Activity Annual Yield of Meat        Other Products varzea 50 lb/acre (56 kg/ha) turtle ponds 22,000 lb/acre (24,644 kg/ha) skin tropical forest 81 lb/acre (91 kg/ha) iguana farms 486 lb/acre (544 kg/ha) skin dry tropical forest 13 lb/acre (15 kg/ha) capybara farms 57 lb/acre (64 kg/ha) leather

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Solutions Introduction Sustainable Forest Products Large-scale Forest Products Medicinal Drugs Logging Logging (con't) Oil Conservation Priorities Reserve Size & Valuation Organization Intergovernmental Institutions Communication, Education Indigenous people - - - - References (1) References (3) References (5)

Sustainable Dev - Agriculture Eco-tourism Foods & Genetic Diversity Medicinal Drugs & Pesticides Logging (con't) Cattle Increasing Productivity Types of Reserves Funding Developing nations NGOs International Organizations Conclusion - - - - References (2) References (4) References (6)

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