Earth Day

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In honor of Earthday I thought I would share this fantastic map of the world’s Intact Forest Landscapes created by Greenpeace.  In it shades of green represent intact (virgin) areas, and shades of gray secondary or intervened forests.

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Keep in mind that tropical forests have up to 100 times the diversity of temperate forests:

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