stages of its development. We would particularly like to thank a number of
colleagues for their thoughtful and constructive reviews, which have greatly
improved the quality of the individual chapters: Andrew Bennett, Elizabeth
Bennett, Emilio Bruna, Chris Dick, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Paulo Ferraro,
Bryan Finegan, Hubert de Foresta, Karen Garrett, Luadir Gasparotto, Andy
Gillison, Jim Gockowski, Colin Hughes, Norman Johns, David Lamb, Nadia
Lepsch-Cunha, Gary Luck, Jeff McNeely, Jean-Paul Metzger, Lisa Naughton,
Alex Pfaff, Robert Rice, Jim Sanderson, Nigel Tucker, Louis Verchot, Jeff
Waage, Bruce Williamson, and Sven Wunder. Barbara Dean and her team at
Island Press accompanied the book through its development and greatly
improved its style and consistency.
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