News Headline
For Mexico’s forgotten cloud forests, sustainability and protection are key
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2020-03-03
In 2009, scientists estimated that Mexico’s tropical montane cloud forests — hillside woodlands blanketed in fog and rain — were down to 28% of their original extent. Fifty-three percent of what was left was considered secondary forest, regenerated from primary forest that had been cleared for agriculture or lost due to fires or storms.