Rich forest diversity found in new Yunnan, China preserve

Mongabay
By Brittany StewartDec 4, 2001, 7:00 pm36 pts
Lowland Forest profile characteristic of southern Yunnan Province’s threatened rainforests. Image Credit: Hua Zhu, 2008, Tropical Conservation Science. China’s southern Yunnan Province straddles the Myanmar border where the Mekong River flows, and the lowland tropics meet montane forests. This region is…

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