Conservationists call to protect virgin forests, before it’s too late

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The world’s few remaining virgin forests are being threatened by logging, mining and agriculture.Primary forests, as they are called, are largely free of human activity.They are incredibly diverse and over half of the world’s species rely on them for their survival. New research has found that both developed and developing nations are to blame for their decline.

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