Sentences with phrase «biologically rich forests»
Scientists encountered this reticulated glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium valerioi, in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, one of the most biologically rich forests in the world.
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As cattle ranches have displaced biologically rich rainforests, fish farms have displaced mangrove forests that provide important fish nursery habitats and protect coasts during storms.
These forests are so biologically rich that every acre stores an average of about 200 tons of carbon dioxide, but because there are currently no systems to value tropical forest carbon, they're being destroyed for ranchland and soy plantations.