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Temperate Forest Biopreserve

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Tatiana Schreiber
The World

A land preserve is being planned in Ithaca, New York that would be the first known temperate forest biopreserve with chemical prospecting for pharmaceutical plants in mind. Tatiana Schreiber reports on the hopes of what may be gained from the project, who is formulating it, and why.

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