The Vanishing Rainforest of the Philippine Islands

Old-growth rain forest covered about 70 percent of the Philippines in 1900. By 1992, that had been reduced to only abtou eight percent, in scattered, usually small, fragments. Redrawn from National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, 1988. (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
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(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
Title The Vanishing Rainforest of the Philippine Islands
Description Old-growth rain forest covered about 70 percent of the Philippines in 1900. By 1992, that had been reduced to only abtou eight percent, in scattered, usually small, fragments. Redrawn from National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, 1988.
Subjects
  • Philippines
  • Philippines Natural History
  • botany
Summary The Vanishing Rainforest of the Philippine Islands, [260x400], (image/jpeg)