There Are Really Only Two Big Patches of Intact Forest Left on Earth

Posted by on Mar 24, 2015 @ 9:36 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: March 24, 2015

Can a forest that exists only in the spaces between roads and patches cleared for human settlement and agricultural development truly be called a forest? Not so much, say researchers studying the growing, global problem of forest fragmentation. The new study found that fragmented habitats lose an average of half of their plant and animal species within twenty years, and...

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