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Are the remaining old-growth forests protected?

April 26, 2017forests old-growth protected remaining

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Are the remaining old-growth forests protected?

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At least 50% of the remaining old growth is still in private hands or controlled by agencies that may and surprisingly often do log it. Even protected site suffer from such human-caused disruptions as the logging of their buffers and the incursion of non-native species.