They invested thousands of dollars importing rare tropical trees and shrubs, including the first schefflera ( umbrella trees ) and mahogany trees, to this country.
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Ahead, among the miniature ferns and towering mahogany trees, are the footprints of a hoofed animal, the large prints of a stalking cat not far behind.
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One species of true mahogany tree is found planted on the island at lower levels, and that is the small-leaved mahogany " Swietenia mahagoni ", Meliaceae.
34.
Two years ago, a U . S . proposal to limit trade in products of the big leaf mahogany tree was defeated in a secret vote.
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St . Lucia's 19, 000 acres ( 7, 700 hectares ) of rain forest is full of giant mahogany trees, orchids, birds of paradise and hot-pink anthuriums.
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Since the 1970s, Brazil exported wood from some 1.5 million mahogany trees worth an estimate US $ 4 billion, today the tropical hardwood species is threatened with extinction.
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Because no study has accompanied the forest regeneration over the 40 or 50 years a mahogany tree needs to grow to maturity, the efficacy of these practices remains unproven.
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Since the 1970s, Brazil exported wood from some 1 . 5 million mahogany trees worth an estimate US $ 4 billion, today the tropical hardwood species is threatened with extinction.
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In addition, new mahogany trees weren't being planted, because mahogany trees grow slowly; the rate of natural regrowth necessitated a large, long-term investment in tree farming, which was not made.
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In addition, new mahogany trees weren't being planted, because mahogany trees grow slowly; the rate of natural regrowth necessitated a large, long-term investment in tree farming, which was not made.
