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Global Deforestation Slows But Forests Still Shrinking

2015-09-16 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: Over the past 25 years the rate of global deforestation has slowed by more than 50 percent, even though the world`s forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forested land is developed, the UN`s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reports. Some 129 million hectares of forest -- an area almost equivalent in size to South Africa -- have been lost since 1990, according to FAO`s most comprehensive forest review to date, "The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015." "Forests play...

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