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Brazil Nut Trees Begin Producing Fruit at the Age of 10

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Brazil nut trees begin producing fruit at the age of 10 years, reach final height at about 120 years, and can live for over 500 years. A landowner can earn more by felling a Brazil nut tree and selling it for lumber than from several seasons' worth of Brazil nut harvests from the same tree. Thus, it makes greater financial sense in the long run to harvest


A) all of the Brazil nut trees and sell them for lumber.
B) all of the nuts, and only then harvest all of the trees.
C) the nuts for many seasons.
D) remove no resources from the forest.

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