Costa Rica's Cloud Forests Threatened

Cloud forests are critical for bio-diversity and clean water. In Costa Rica, an increasing population is threatening cloud forests.

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October 20, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The clouds over the Monteverde cloud forests of Costa Rica are shrinking...as a result of deforestation in the lowlands, according to a study in the October 19 issue of the journal Science. Robert Lawton, a forest ecologist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and his colleagues conducted the research."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Costa Rica's Cloud Forests: Misty No More?

Friday, October 19, 2001 in National Geographic

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