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But it turns out that losing some species won't just endanger local forests; it will threaten entire ecosystems, research shows., the same researchers issued a"warning to humanity" about the consequences of these losses, backed by 45 other scientists from 20 different countries.
In the developing world, 880 million people rely on firewood for fuel, and 1.6 billion people live within 5 kilometers of a forest, relying on them for food and income. Trees are each their own little worlds, teeming with all sorts of single- and multicellular-life forms, including other plants, fungi, bacteria, and animals. Lose a tree, and this entire world dies too. They often form the supportive base for the
"There is no way we can take care of all the other creatures there if we don't take care of the trees."
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