Sentences with phrase «replaced tropical rain forests»
«Biofuels are a bad deal for forests, wildlife and the climate if they replace tropical rain forests,» said co-author Dr. Neil Burgess of World Wildlife Fund.
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Most plants in tropical rain forests keep their leaves all year, gradually replacing them as they fall with age.
According to Williams's model, for example, the Amazon rain forest is toast: By the end of the century, and possibly even by midcentury, tropical rain forests will be taken over by savannas — the next hottest biome — their lush trees replaced by expanses of tall grass.
WASHINGTON DC, December 1, 2008 — Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds.