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Mau forest losing birds to cultural practices

The Standard "They warn that about 100,000 different species of birds are either killed annually to be used in cultural practices, which have refused to die over time or for commercial poaching of their colourful plumage.

They also warn that habitat loss, which includes deforestation because of settlements, forest fires that burn bird nests and use of pesticide in underlying farming zones neighbouring the forest will decimate the Mau bird population."

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