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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Unique Mosses Spur Conservation, Ecotourism in Chile


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A moss waves in the wind on Chile's Cape Horn Archipelago. Scientists and conservationists hope the bounty of mosses found in the island chain's "miniature forests"—some 5 to 7 percent of the world's species—will become an ecotourism hit.

Photograph courtesy Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region/Christopher Anderson