Ascension Island: How a Planting Project Created a Lush Cloud Forest
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Ascension Island: How a planting project created a lush cloud forest
In the middle of nowhere, a small island emerges in the Atlantic Ocean. This unique territory completely changed in the 19th century thanks to the efforts of two British scientists: Charles Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker, researchers who stopped at the British naval base and documented the island during their expeditions.
In the 19th century, there were some communal reforestations, but few as incredible as Ascension. After years without trees, this island now has one of the most unique forests in the world thanks to the initiative of an English biologist. We speak of Joseph Dalton Hooker, a British botanist and friend of Charles Darwin. And it is ... Continue reading "In 1847 an English biologist started reforesting a volcanic and desert island: 180 years later …
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