Mongabay: While the mention of Amazon destruction usually conjures up images of vast stretches of felled and burned rainforest trees, cattle ranches, and vast soybean farms, some of the biggest threats to the Amazon rainforest are barely perceptible from above. Selective logging — which opens up the forest canopy and allows winds and sunlight to dry leaf litter on the forest floor — and 6-inch high "surface" fires are turning parts of the Amazon into a tinderbox, putting the world’s largest …
Sep 3rd, 2008 by Administrator |
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