je.st
news
Nicaragua cloud forest 'under siege'
2013-05-03 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A famed rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal loggers, say indigenous leaders. The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve is Central America's largest tropical forest with clouds constantly drifting over the hilly terrain. But the Mayangna and Miskito people who live there say 30,000 hectares a year are being deforested by "colonists". They are calling on US president Barack Obama, who is visiting the region, to support their battle. Described by the United Nations as a global...
Tags: forest
nicaragua
cloud
siege
Category:Electronics and Electrical