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Over-hunting threatens Amazonian forest carbon stocks

2016-01-26 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Over-hunting of large mammals in tropical forests could make climate change worse according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Tropical forests worldwide store more than 460 billion tonnes of carbon. The Amazon is the largest and most species-rich tropical forest on Earth. Researchers studied the large-scale impact of wildlife extinctions induced by over-hunting on carbon storage right across the Amazon. The research shows that much of the above-ground carbon stock...

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