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How Do We Save Vanishing Old-Growth Forests?

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The Epoch Times

Publication Date
2014-08-28

There’s nothing in the world like a primary forest, which has never been industrially logged or cleared by humans. Common characteristics of these forests include ancient trees, significant dead wood, little undergrowth due to canopy shade, and high biodiversity, including many species found no-where else. They are often described as cathedral-like, due to pillar-like trees and carpet-like undergrowth. Yet, the world’s primary forests—also known as old-growth forests—are falling every year, and policy-makers are not doing enough to stop it according to a new paper in Conservation Letters.

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http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/916720-how-do-we-save-vanishing-old-growth-forests/