Catchy Articles
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands-Endangered Forest This incredible picture shows the devastation that wholesale logging wreaks on forests. Madagascar and these islands have unique species; they were cut off from the mainland long enough to be in evolutionary isolation and many species are completely unique to this area alone, often without cousins or other…
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Coastal Forests of East Africa-Endangered Forest The small forests that make up this area have a lot of biodiversity. One of the advantages to help preserve the remaining 10% is that there are three flagship species, the Tana River Red Colobus, the Tana River Mangabey and the Zanzibar Red Colobus, which has only about 1,000-1,500…
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California Floristic Province Forests-Endangered Forest It will be a surprise to many that an area in the States is on the top 10 threatened list because we think that a developed world is more likely to take care of its natural treasures, but unfortunately that does not always happen. Home to the sequoia and the…
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Mountains Of Southwest China-Endangered Forest World famous for being the home of the Giant Panda, the lesser known red panda is also found here. This region is shrinking in part due to agriculture, road building and other threats found in forested areas but its biggest threat is posed by dams. It has already been irrevocably…
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Atlantic Forest-Endangered Forest This forest area runs all the way down Brazil’s Atlantic coast to areas of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. With 20,000 plant species of which 40% are unique to the area and over two dozen critically endangered animals including lion tamarins, sugar and coffee plantations have been destroying the forest for decades. Over…
The Philippines-Endagered Forest The Philippines is not just one island but 7,100 that are part of this hotspot. Sadly only 7% of forest is left and these are fragmented pieces at that. With the rich biological diversity they have some amazing species including the second largest eagle in the world and the panther flying frog….
Sundaland-Endangered Forest The Sundaland hotspot is huge, covering half of the Indo-Malayan archipelago with 17,000 islands including two of the biggest, Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutans are only known here and two species of Southeast Asian Rhinos. These along with tigers, turtles and monkeys are being taken for food and medicine in the international animal trade….
New Caledonia New Caledonia is a tiny area in the South Pacific, 1200 km from Australia. It has 5 endemic plant species including the world’s only parasitic conifer. Nickel mining, deforestation and invasive species are the main reasons only 5% of the forest is left. About the Area New Caledonia represents a fragment of the…
Most Endangered Forests on Earth 1. Indo-Burma This area is home to some of the largest freshwater fishes in the world as well as numerous bird and turtle species. Whole scale damming has flooded sandbars and areas that nests are made during the dry season, swamps and wetlands are being destroyed for wet rice cultivation…