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By Bill Hathaway April 29, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Tropical cloud forests exist in 60 countries but account for less than a half of 1% of all land mass on Earth. Yet they are home to 15% of the world’s known species, researchers estimate. Despite enormous conservation efforts, including designation of vast areas of forest as protected areas, and their typically isolated location, as much as 8% of some forests ...

Study reveals severe loss of cloud forest ecosystems The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve near Monteverde in Costa Rica. Keystone / Kent Gilbert Tropical cloud forests can be found in 60 countries, but despite conservation efforts up to 8% of some forests have been lost in the past 20 years due to logging and small-scale farming. This content was published on May 1, 2021 - 11:11 May 1, 2021 - 11:11 Keystone-SDA/WSL/sb Tropical cloud forests are shrinking worldwide, according to an international ...