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 Stories About: G8 AND Indonesia AND logging AND Sumatra AND Switzerland AND wilderness AND wildlife AND World Wildlife Fund
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What Sumatra You?
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06 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| What Sumatra You? The Tesso Nilo forest on Sumatra, Indonesia, contains more biological diversity than the Amazon. It is home to elephants, tigers, gibbons, and tapirs, and a recent survey conducted by scientists from the World Wildlife Fund found as many as 218 vascular plant species in just 0.05 acres. But the entire forest could disappear in less than eight yea ... |
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| Topics: G8, Indonesia, logging, Sumatra, Switzerland, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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