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Britain's rainforests
Britain's temperate rainforests along the western (Atlantic) coast (September, p38) bear considerable similarity to the eastern coastal Atlantic forest reserves of Brazil, in the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo. These are World Heritage listed because of their biodiversity. Although in the southern hemisphere, it is likely that both coasts of the Atlantic had extensive forests,