For Mexico’s forgotten cloud forests, sustainability and protection are key

Mongabay
Mar 3, 2020, 6:08 am230 pts
In 2009, scientists estimated that Mexico’s tropical montane cloud forests — hillside woodlands blanketed in fog and rain — were down to 28% of their original extent. Fifty-three percent of what was left was considered secondary forest, regenerated from primary forest that had been cleared for agriculture…

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