Sentences with phrase «growth sacred forests»
In a related 2013 study in the journal Biological Conservation, Brandt and her colleagues reported that northwest Yunnan's old - growth sacred forests are critical for forest birds in the Himalayas, where more threatened bird species live than anywhere else in the world.
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The sacred forests have effectively protected old - growth trees from clear - cutting for centuries despite major upheavals in the region's history, including the logging era and the Cultural Revolution.