Researchers discover unknown forests in Angola, filled with rare birds

  • von: KELLY ROGERS
  • empfänger: Bird Conservation International,

An expedition, followed up by some computer hunting on Google Earth, has discovered large remnants of old growth forest, including thriving bird communities, in the mountains of Angola. The Namba Mountains in Angola were expected to contain around 100 hectares of forest, but an on-the-ground survey, coupled with online research, has discovered numerous forest fragments totaling around 590 hectares in the remote mountains, boosting the chances for many rare species.

“Afromontane forest is the most localized and threatened habitat type in Angola. For the past 40 years the estimate of the area covered by this habitat in Angola has been circa 200 hectares,” the scientists write in a new paper in Bird Conservation International, but the new discovery nearly quadruples the amount of mountain forest left in Angola to 700 hectares.

http://animalconnectionac.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/researchers-discover-unknown-forests-in-angola-filled-with-rare-birds/

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