Despite Conservation, Deforestation Still A Threat

The Monteverde cloud forest in the mountains of Costa Rica are still threatened by deforestation despite conservation efforts.

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November 24, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

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

"The problem, scientists say, is deforestation, but not within Monteverde's vast network of reserves. Instead, in a new study in Science, researchers report evidence that deforestation in the lowlands is lifting the mountains' curtain of life-giving fog and mist out of the forest's reach, leaving more and more of what had been cloud forest without clouds."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Something Missing in Fragile Cloud Forest: The Clouds

Tuesday, November 20, 2001 in The New York Times

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