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program that would pay tropical countries for their conservation efforts. Travelers interes-
ted in taking part in projects that can help protect Costa Rica's trees should look to volun-
teer opportunities in conservation and forestry (
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Green Phoenix,
by science journalist William Allen, is an absorbing account of his efforts,
alongside scientists and activists, to conserve and restore the rainforest in Guanacaste.
The number-one reason for forest clearing in Central America is to graze cattle, mostly for
export.
