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Shrinking Amazon forests may lose thousands of trees species

AP Science News - Fetched: November 20th, 2015, 3:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A first-of-its-kind examination of the Amazonamp;apos;s trees found that as many as half the species may be threatened with extinction or heading that way because of massive deforestation. Among the more than 5,000 tree species in deep trouble: the ones that produce Brazil nuts and mahogany....

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