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[line 1] The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies: Past and Present

[line 3] Arthur Maki Taichi1, Reginald Bear2 and Daisy Mae3

[line 5] 1Chemistry Department, The Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY 10067, USA

2 Forest Resources Department, Ministry of the Environment, Eliot, ONT SW3 2AL, Canada

3 Abner Industries, Sao Carlo, Brazil

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1. Introduction

Little did I know when I started out how easy this would be. I could have heeded the warnings of Lean et al. (1989) or read Clark’s paper (1986) but I decided to plunge ahead anyway with the guidance of the stars.  If only the phone would stop ringing I could concentrate on making these numbers add up, as predicted by FAO (1993).

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2. Materials and Methods

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3. Results and Discussion

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4. Conclusions (or Recommendations)

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References

FAO (1993): Year Book－Production 1992. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Clark, W.C. (1986): Themes for a research program. In Clark, W.C. and Munn, R.E. eds., Sustainable Development of the Biosphere, Cambridge Univ. Press, 5-48.