What are now rich forest areas for harvesting Brazil nuts might wane into an impoverished old age unless harvesters change their ways, warns a large international group of scientists.
WILD NUTS. Brazil nut trees drop grapefruit-size pods that have 10 to 25 nuts each. Peres
Brazil nuts alone among internationally traded seed crops come entirely from wild collections in the forest, rather than from farms.
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