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Forests in peril in Amazon rainforests

  • 30/12/2006

Forests in peril in Amazon rainforests Many species of trees in the Amazon rainforests, and animals that depend on them are disappearing more rapidly than previously thought, an international research team reported recently.

Led by William Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the research team has been studying nearly 32,000 Amazonian trees for 22 years

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