Global warming hits bushmen's quivers.(News from the world of Trees) From: American Forests | Date: June 22, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Forests. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

An iconic African desert tree of particular importance in Namibia and South Africa may be slowly succumbing to global warming. The trees, traditionally used by bushmen to make quivers for their arrows, have begun shifting their range southward, which some scientists say is a response to warmer climate conditions.

Wendy Foden, a researcher at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, told Reuters that while studying different sites of quiver trees, she noted that...

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