'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smoldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke.

Scientist INNA Birchenko began to cry by describing the protected forest by smoking in Thailand where she collected samples from local trees wrapped in forest fire smoke. "This beautiful diverse community of trees and animals is destroyed as you see it, looking at it," she said. Birchenko, geneticist in Royal [...]

British and Thai scientists survey calcined landscapes to preserve the genetic heritage of trees threatened by fires and intensive agriculture. An international team of researchers travels hard through the smoking remains of the Umphang Nature Reserve in Thailand. Their mission: to collect genetic samples of trees before they disappear under the combined effect of the [...] Read more At the heart of the flames, the race against the clock to save…

'It's Gone': Conservation Science In Thailand's Burning Forest

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke.