Light at the end of the tunnel: Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered species

(Pensoft Publishers) A twenty-year effort to protect and manage tiny remnants of a dilapidated forest in Benin, along with its agricultural and fallow vegetation surroundings, resulted in 14 ha of rich secondary forest, which corresponds to the size of nearly 20 sacred groves. This sanctuary now protects the critically endangered red-bellied monkey together with 52 endangered plant species. The study is published in the open access journal Nature Conservation.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 14, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news