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Scientists have warned about the precarious state of the world's primary forests, as a new study shows that say just 22 percent of these forests are located in protected areas, equivalent of only five percent of the original ones. Dr Brendan Mackey, Director of the Climate Change Response Program at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, said that international negotiations are failing to halt the loss of the world's most important primary forests and in the absence of specific policies for primary forest protection in biodiversity and climate change treaties, their unique biodiversity values and ecosystem services will continue to be lost in both developed and developing countries. According to the study, primary forest, which are home to an extraordinary richness of biodiversity, comprises of up to 57% of all tropical forest species and the ecological processes and protection is the joint responsibility of developed as well as developing countries and is a matter of global concern.