{"id":1195686,"date":"2022-01-07T00:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195686"},"modified":"2022-01-07T00:19:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:19:43","slug":"scientists-name-tree-from-cameroon-rain-forest-after-superyacht-enthusiast-leonardo-dicaprio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-name-tree-from-cameroon-rain-forest-after-superyacht-enthusiast-leonardo-dicaprio\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Name Tree from Cameroon Rain Forest After Superyacht Enthusiast Leonardo DiCaprio"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscientists-name-tree-from-cameroon-rain-forest-after-superyacht-enthusiast-leonardo-dicaprio%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/LeonardoDiCapriotree1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Scientists studying the Ebo rain forest in Cameroon have named a newly identified tree in honor of actor, environmental hardliner, and <span dir=\"auto\">superyacht enthusiast<\/span>&nbsp;Leonardo DiCaprio.<\/p>\n<p>The tree, a member of the ylang ylang plant family, is a tropical evergreen with yellow flowers growing from its lower trunk and will now be known by the scientific name <i>Uvariopsis dicaprio<\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The scientists chose to honor DiCaprio for his efforts to stop the Cameroonian government from allowing the bio-diverse, but isolated Ebo rain forest to be opened for clearcut logging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think he was crucial in helping to stop the logging of the Ebo forest,\u201d Martin Cheek, a botanist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-59888755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the BBC on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ebo forest is one of the few mostly untouched rain forests in the world and is home to so many plants and animals that scientists still have not identified them all.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cheek went on to note that scientists have identified dozens of new plant and animal species over the last decade and may are endangered or already extinct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still thousands of plant species and maybe millions of fungal species out there that we don\u2019t know about,\u201d Cheek added. \u201cThis natural habitat that they\u2019re growing in \u2014 especially forests, but other habitats, too \u2014 is increasingly and more rapidly being destroyed by us humans without knowing what\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon shocked the scientific community in 2020 when it announced that it was giving permits to logging companies to begin culling the forest, but the 47-year-old DiCaprio quickly joined the worldwide effort to raise awareness of the plan and helped convince Cameroon to cancel the logging plans.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Cheek warns that the war may not be won. Cameroon could issue logging permits any time it wants as the endangered rain forest is not a protected national park.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, DiCaprio the \u201cenvironmentalist\u201d recently was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-10374815\/Leonardo-DiCaprio-47-girlfriend-Camilla-Morrone-24-shopping-St-Barts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen<\/a> with his latest girlfriend Camila Morrone taking a casual stroll in St. Barts after plying the ocean on a $150 million superyacht, the 315-foot yacht, Vava II. The couple were on Caribbean island for a day of shopping \u2014 the couple were seen with bags of goodies from high-end stores such as Saint Laurent \u2014 and sightseeing, according to the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leonardo DiCaprio, 47, and girlfriend Camilla Morrone, 24, leave $150 million superyacht <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k4nkMAjokC\">https:\/\/t.co\/k4nkMAjokC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMailCeleb\/status\/1479075303704178688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DiCapro\u2019s carbon footprint is perhaps one of the biggest among left-wing Hollywood elites. In 2016, for instance, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2016\/05\/21\/leonardo-dicaprio-flew-8000-miles-on-private-jet-to-accept-environmental-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flew<\/a> some 8,000 miles on a gas-guzzling private jet to accept an award for environmental activism in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone is so enamored by DiCaprio\u2019s activism. Last June, it was reported that the <i>Revenent<\/i> star has been the target of years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/06\/22\/belize-locals-and-fishermen-have-blocked-leonardo-dicaprio-luxury-eco-resort-with-protests-for-16-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> by local residents and fishermen in Belize who are upset over his plans to build a pricey vacation resort on the island he bought in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his claims that the new resort is eco-friendly, the local residents say that the resort will negatively impact the ocean life as well as area\u2019s fishing lanes.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists studying the Ebo rain forest in Cameroon have named a newly identified tree in honor of actor, environmental hardliner, and superyacht enthusiast\u00a0Leonardo DiCaprio. 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