Economic approaches to protecting tropical forests include all of the following except
A) full-cost pricing of tropical forest trees.
B) pressuring international lending agencies to not lend money for environmentally destructive projects.
C) phasing out subsidies that encourage unsustainable deforestation.
D) subsidizing poor loggers through road construction.
E) long-term sustainable harvesting practices.

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Subsidizing poor loggers through road construction would not be an economic approach to protecting tropical forests as it would encourage unsustainable deforestation rather than discouraging it. The other options listed are all economic approaches that could contribute to forest protection.

Economic Approaches to Protecting Tropical Forests Include All of the Following