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Index reveals integrity issues for many of the world’s forests – Phys.org
Only 40% of forests are considered to have high ecological integrity, according to a new global measure, the Forest Landscape Integrity Index.
Only 40% of forests are considered to have high ecological integrity, according to a new global measure, the Forest Landscape Integrity Index.
The Index was created by 47 forest and conservation experts from across the world, including Professor James Watson of The University of Queensland and the Wildlife Conservation Society.
“This extremely fine-scale analysis of the ecological integrity of the world’s forests has found that only 17.4 million square kilometers of Earth’s remaining forestsor 40%…
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