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Hope for rare species as villagers remove invasive umbrella trees


Hope for rare species as villagers remove invasive umbrella trees
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Hope for rare species as villagers remove invasive umbrella trees
Walk in the forests of Tanzania’s East Usumbara Mountains and you may be lucky enough to hear the metallic call – peedoopeedoo – of one of the world’s rarest birds, the Long-billed forest warbler (Artisornismoreaui).
The Long-billed forest warbler (Artisornismoreaui) found in Amani Nature Reserve feeding chicks photo: Markus Lilje, Amani Nature Reserve
This species lives nowhere else on Earth and, according the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, there are fewer than 250 mature individuals.
Conservationists fear the bird will be silenced forever by the steady march into its territory of invasive umbrella trees. These trees also threaten other local species of endangered birds, reptiles, insects and plants. But now there are glimmers of hope, thanks to a project that has supported local villagers to re ....

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