Amazon: 1% of tree species store 50% of region's carbon

Amazon: 1% of tree species store 50% of region's carbon,
April 28, 2015,
By Mark Kinver,
Environment reporter, BBC News,

Although the region is home to an estimated 16,000 tree species, researchers found that just 182 species dominated the carbon storage process.

Amazonia is vital to the Earth's carbon cycle, storing more of the element than any other terrestrial ecosystem.