FOREST LOSS – FAO
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that about 13 million hectares of the world's forests are now being lost to deforestation, but the rate of net forest loss is slowing through new planting and natural expansion of existing forests. The annual net loss 2000-2005 was 7.3 million hectares/year, down from 8.9 million ha/year 1990-2000.
THE UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that about 13 million hectares of the world's forests are now being lost to deforestation, but the rate of net forest loss is slowing through new planting and natural expansion of existing forests. The annual net loss 2000-2005 was 7.3 million hectares/year, down from 8.9 million ha/year 1990-2000.
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