In the fight to protect the extraordinary biodiversity of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests, some conservationists are collecting a unique set of data: the sounds of the forest. Scientists with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Princeton University are using acoustic sampling recorders in the Adelbert Mountains, a remote range on Papua New Guinea’s north coast, to help them assess how effective their local land use planning efforts have been at protecting the region’s wildlife. Subsistence agriculture…
Scientists learn to listen when it comes to assessing rainforest health
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