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The tropical rain forests of Asia and the Pacific islands are home to millions of tribal people, for whom the destruction or degradation of the forest means not just economic impoverishment but the end of their distinctive ways of life. Scattered thinly through the vast rain and monsoon forests of the region, their economies and cultures are as variable as the ecosystems they rely on, and their problems are as diverse as the policies and politics of the governments that now rule them.
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Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (1991). People of the Tropical Forests. In: Collins, N.M., Sayer, J.A., Whitmore, T.C. (eds) The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests Asia and the Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12030-7_3
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