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Half of Amazon trees 'face extinction'
2015-11-21 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: More than half of all tree species in the Amazon face extinction, warn international scientists. According to new data, up to 57% of all Amazonian trees may already fit the criteria of being globally threatened. If confirmed, the estimates would raise the number of threatened plant species on Earth by almost a quarter. Forest cover in the Amazon has been shrinking for decades, but little is known about the impact on individual plant species. The trees at risk include iconic species like...
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