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5 April 2007

Paper trail


Sarawak's Planted Forests Project is not conservation as we know it. Instead of the usual mix of rainforest species, vast monoculture plantations are springing up with a view to cropping for pulp and paper in a few years. But it's all in the name of biodiversity. David Cyranoski asks, does it stack up?

News FeatureBiodiversity: Logging: the new conservation

Can a vast monoculture plantation be at the forefront of biodiversity protection? David Cyranoski meets conservation biologists who hope to save species by making peace with the enemy.

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