| Scientists Find New Forest with Google Earth | 20 January 09 |
 British conservationists were searching for a new project when they discovered an uncharted forest in the mountains of northern Mozambique using Google Earth, an Internet map tool made from satellite images. A team of scientists based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, led the first expedition fall 2008 to the unexplored region known as Mount Mabu. Wildlife experts previously overlooked the area because of its difficult landscape and decades of civil war. The 7,000-hectare forest was filled with hundreds of plant species, three new butterflies, colonies of rare birds, monkeys, a rarely seen orchid and a new species of giant snake - a Gaboon viper. They expect to discover more new species from specimens brought back. Jonathan Timberlake, expedition leader, said discovering new species is not only important to science but helps to highlight conservation efforts in parts of the world threatened by logging and development. View January 2009 Kew Royal Botanical gardens articleView December 22, 2008 Telegraph UK article View December 22, 2008 Daily Mail article View December 22, 2008 Wildlife Extra article View December 23, 2008 Tech Radar article Sources: Telegraph, Daily Mail, Wildlife Extra, Tech Radar |
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