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 Trading deforestation [1]

It is not just China’s economy that is growing phenomenally. An aggressive afforestation policy, put in place in 2000, has seen large tracts being covered by trees every year. But afforestation efforts are no match for China’s growing demand for wood

Publication Date: 
30/10/2005
Ruksan Bose [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Forest Policy [4], Forest Conservation [5], Deforestation [6], Afforestation [7], Wood [8], Imports [9], China [10], Myanmar [11]
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