PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. 1 A SYMBOL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DILEMMA 1
5. 2 THE PARA RUBBER TREE 6
6. 3 NATURAL TO SYNTHETIC 18
7. 4 DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM? 28
8. 5 DISAPPEARING JUNGLES-AND FORESTS 38
9. 6 JUNGLE MYTHS AND TALL TIMBER TALES 49
10. 7 EVERYBODY PLANT A TREE 64
11. 8 THE ROLE OF DIVERSITY 76
12. 9 IMPOSSIBLE DREAM INTO INEVITABLE NIGHTMARE 85
13. 10 WHAT TO DO WITH A USED TIRE 95
14. 11 ARE WE CAPABLE OF DOING THE RIGHT THING? 103
15. 12 HIGH-TECH TO THE RESCUE? 113
16. 13 ROLL OUT THE BARREL 125
17. 14 THE PARA RUBBER TREE AND GLOBAL ECOLOGY 138
18. 15 ''MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" 149
19. EPILOGUE 154
20. NOTES 165
21. INDEX 191