Rainforest in Gabon (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Rainforest in Gabon

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A rainforest in Gabon. Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth forests containing great stores of carbon also hold high biodiversity, but a new study finds that the relationship may not be as strong as once thought.

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Miguel Leal

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