Bizarre mapping error puts newly discovered species in jeopardy

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 04:31 in Earth & Climate

Scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo have discovered a new species of plant living in a remote rift valley escarpment that’s supposed to be inside of a protected area. But an administrative mapping error puts the reserve’s borders some 50 kilometers west of the actual location.

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