The presence of both pristine and rehabilitated forests makes Mount Kuwol an important area to study the ecological changes and effectsofforest rehabilitation as well as the associated biodiversity.
The Municipality of Wawa is still feeling the effectsof an economy destroyed by the collapse of the forest economy in 2007 and the loss of 1, 200 direct jobs in the region.
The study, by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, focused on the effectsof stress on prostate cancer, and found that stress can both reduce the effectiveness of prostate cancer drugs and accelerate the development of the cancer.
The effectsof retreating glaciers on mountains and in polar regions, deforestation in South America and forest fires across sub-Saharan Africa are also shown in the atlas.