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Forests take up one-third of our land. Here's what you should know about the major types

Rapid deforestation due to expanding agriculture, logging, population centers, and other factors has been making headlines around the world for decades. Luckily, forests still cover more than 30 ...
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Which Trees Make a Forest Work? Smithsonian Scientists Are Planting Over 33,000 To Find Out

John Parker, SERC senior scientist and co-lead scientist of the Functional Forests Project, plants a sapling in the new restoration experiment. To grow a successful forest, planting trees is not ...
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Small forest fragments can protect more birds when the surrounding landscape is more helpful

Larger areas contain more species. This is one of the most ironclad laws of ecology, which explains why large natural areas usually receive higher priority in conservation strategies. In fragmented ...