Blue and Green: Prince Charles has called for urgent action on tropical deforestation, arguing that the forests are essential for life on Earth, in a report published by his International Sustainability unit.
The report, notes that despite some success in reducing deforestation in some countries there are no signs yet that overall rates of deforestation or degradation are decreasing. The paper points to a previous study that suggested a year on year increase in the area deforested in the tropics of 200,000 hectares,...