Despite protection, dramatic losses of cloud forest ecosystems and species
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 have been lost in the past 20 years to environmental encroachments such as logging and small-scale f...
Source: yale.edu
