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Protected forest areas
Protected areas can help endangered species such as gorillas
Eighty per cent of the world's forests have already been lost and of what remains, only eight per cent is currently protected. So to maintain biodiversity and limit climate change, there needs to be a real commitment to ring-fence large areas of forest for protection.
Victory again: Huge Amazon area protected
Posted by admin on 14 February 2006.
Just one week after the excellent news about the Great Bear Rainforest comes another stunning victory with the announcement that a huge area of the Amazon rainforest will be protected from destructive logging.
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Enormous reserve protected from chainsaws in Canada
Posted by admin on 7 February 2006.
It's rare that success comes on such a scale so this is one worth celebrating. The provincial government of British Columbia in Canada has announced the protection of 2 million hectares of ancient forest with strict ecological management for the rest.
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