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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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Thursday, September 6, 2007 01:06 PM

Malthusian?

That meme sure is accruing baggage. Having read the wikipedia entry on Malthus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthus">Malthus), I'm starting to use a litmus test wherein the term Malthusian usually flags that an article/statement is more form than substance.

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