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New Guinea forests shrinking faster than the Amazon [1]

The lush tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea are not the unspoilt haven that many believed till now. In fact, they are disappearing faster than those in the Amazon.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2008
New Scientist [2]
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Tags:
Land Use [3], Agriculture [4], Tropical Forests [5], Deforestation [6], Remote Sensing [7], Papua New Guinea [8]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/papua-new-guinea