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Amazon forests are increasingly becoming fragmented by deforestation and fire. A new study published in Nature Communications and led by researchers in the University of Helsinki, in cooperation with scientists across the globe, uses a novel approach to quantify the impacts of fragmentation on plant phenology.
On the opening page of his book, “The Diversity of Life,” biologist Edward O. Wilson recounts setting up a chair in a clearing at Fazenda Dimona after dark, at the
Better documentation of the flora and fauna in the groves and traditional practices can help in conserving biodiversity in the green pockets, say experts.
>> to reach and save the lemurs, she has to travel hundreds of miles across difficult terrain on roads plagued by bandits. for her own safety, she has to be accompanied by armed policemen. she does all this while being paid nothing. she's a volunteer. the extensive travel is necessary because a staggering 90% of madagascar's forests are already gone, slashed and burned for farming. this has left lemurs stranded in forest fragments like this, where she searches in a bid to find them. >> i'm so happy. i found them.
On roads plagued by bandits. for her own safety, she has to be accompanied by armed policemen. she does all this while being paid nothing. she's a volunteer. the extensive travel is necessary because a staggering 90% of madagascar's forests are already gone, slashed and burned for farming. this has left lemurs stranded in forest fragments like this, where she searches in a bid to find them. >> i'm so happy. i found them. >> jacia is saving these lemurs from extinction by relocating