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Brazil’s Coastal Rainforest Suffers Species Extinction
August 15, 2012 12:06 PM
The Atlantic forest in Brazil, once a part of the great Amazon basin on the South American continent, is suffering from widespread species loss according to a new study.
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In the Atlantic Forest in Bahia, fire and deforestation of hill slopes are forbidden by Brazilian law, but law enforcement is ineffective. (Credit: IESB archive)
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This subsistence hunter in the dry forests of the Northeastern Atlantic Forest is looking for mammals like monkeys and large rodents for food. (Credit: Carlos Guidorizzi)
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These hunters have a taste for bush meat and either kill for sport or to capture baby monkeys for pets despite laws against it. (Credit: Carlos Guidorizzi)
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Illegal logging in the Atlantic Forest threatens one of the most biologically rich and yet threatened ecosystems on earth. (Conservation International/Haroldo Castro)
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