Photo: Mauro PIMENTEL / AFPSource: AFPIn a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloguing species. Photo: MAURO PIMENTEL / AFPSource: AFPPAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app! 'Science denialism'"Most plant species in the Amazon are to be found in encroached areas," said Alberto Vicentini, another member of the expedition launched by Greenpeace. An estimated 60 percent of tree species in the Amazon are yet to be discovered. Photo: MAURO PIMENTEL / AFPSource: AFP"There are places where no one has ever been, we have no idea what is there," said INPA biologist Lucia Rapp Py-Daniel.

Source: Daily Nation July 14, 2022 07:09 UTC