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Canada & Russia beat tropical countries top global deforestation list
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Not very long ago, tropical countries like Indonesia and Brazil were cast as the main villains of global forest conservation efforts. These countries have been chopping down huge swaths of rainforests to make way for agriculture and palm oil plantations, among other uses. By and large, they still are -- but compared to other countries, there may be sufficient evidence now to pass the villain baton to other national actors. And these other nations aren't ones that you'd normally suspect. According...
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