Amaranth is a drought-tolerant plant which provides both high-protein grain and delicious edible leaves. Zai holes use termites to improve soil fertility and increase water filtration in farmers' fields in West Africa. These are just two of the plants and techniques people are using to produce food under difficult growing conditions in the troics. This book is an expanded, updated compilation of fifteen years of the technical bulletin ECHO Development...

Discusses tropical forests and trees of various areas of the world.

Photographs, illustrations and text provide information about different types of rain forest animals.

Describes tropical rain forests and discusses different issues surrounding their destruction, including species extinction, land rights of tribal peoples, economic pressures of developing countries, and global warming.

Describes the different types of trees and plants that grow in the layers of the rain forest, the fruits, nuts, and vegetables they provide, and what threatens their survival.

Examines what a rain forest is, its role in maintaining the Earth's ecosystem, and the causes and consequences of deforestation.