In the Amazon, Most Extinctions Yet to Come (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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In the Amazon, Most Extinctions Yet to Come (2 of 4)

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This shows a sloth at the forest edge. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the July 13, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. O.R. Wearn at Imperial College London in Ascot, UK, and colleagues was titled, “Extinction Debt and Windows of Conservation Opportunity in the Brazilian Amazon.”

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[Image courtesy of Robert Ewers]

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