UN report: Forests rapidly vanishing
Submitted by takver on Thu, 19/03/2009 - 12:04amWorld Forests are disappearing rapidly according to the 2009 State of the World's Forests report by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). The report notes that expansion of large-scale monocultures of oil palm, soy and other crops for agrofuel production has been a key factor in the failure to halt deforestation.
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