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Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:00 AM

A tree grows in El Salvador

Civil war, mass emigration, the collapse of rural agriculture... Guess what, there's a silver lining
Andrew Leonard

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  • Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:39 PM

    land mines, too, no?

    I believe an element of this is the fear of land mines left in the forest, no?

    Costa Rica, with a similar landscape, is flooded with nature tourism while the El Salvadorian forests remain free of people.

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