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A small group of tree species are restoring the Amazon rainforest

Out of thousands of tree species in the Amazon, a small group of 15 to 25 species do most of the work in regenerating forest and storing carbon.

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一小群树木正在恢复亚马逊雨林

An aerial view of the Amazon rainforest near the municipality of Paragominas in Para state, Brazil. — AFP

When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species, which can withstand poor soil conditions, blazing sun and grow rapidly, a Brazilian study has shown.

Out of thousands of tree species in the Amazon, a small group of 15 to 25 species do most of the work in regenerating forest and storing carbon when farmers and landowners leave, Fernando Elias, a researcher at the Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para, said.

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