CRC Press , Boca Raton , Fl . pp 203-218 Alves MC ( 1990 ) The role of cocoa plantations in the conservation of the Atlantic Forest of Southern Bahia , Brazil . M.S. thesis Univ . of Florida , Gainesville , Florida .

The Atlantic coastal zone of Brazil became isolated from the Amazon basin during the Pleistocene epoch and , presently ... In spite of current conservation and development efforts , in southern Bahia the primary forest is still cleared ...