African tropical montane forests store more carbon than was thought

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Nicolas Barbier
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Biogeochemistry; Environmental sciences; Ecology;
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10.1038/d41586-021-02266-3
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The inaccessibility of African montane forests has hindered efforts to quantify the carbon stored by these ecosystems. A remarkable survey fills this knowledge gap, and highlights the need to preserve such forests.
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