In Madagascar, Farms Have Replaced Forests (IMAGE)

Duke University

In Madagascar, Farms Have Replaced Forests

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Many of Madagascar's original forests have been cut and burned to make way for rice paddies and grazing cattle. A new study suggests the island's trees began their retreat tens of thousands of years before humans arrived.

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Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center

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