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Posted Sun Nov 30 2008: from Telegraph.co.uk: Screw cap wine bottles threaten rare species http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1228088669 Cork oak forests, which cover 2.7 million of hectares worldwide and support rare species such as Iberian lynx, black storks and booted eagles, are already disappearing in some areas. Faced with falling demand for cork stoppers, which make up 70 per cent of the income from cork harvests, farmers are ripping up trees that have been on their land for hundreds of years in an attempt to grow alternative crops, such as eucalyptus. The land that cork oaks grow on, however, is poor quality and when the trees are removed, the land often turns into desert. In the Algarve, Portugal, cork forests have declined by 28 per cent in the past 10 years. [Read more stories about: ] New!: Your Quips: Inchuk says: "Another example of being *screwed.*" alphamale says: "Inchuk, put a cork in it." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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