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Global forestry loss is not as great as first feared, UN study confirms [1]

The rate of global deforestation, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, averaged 14.5 million hectares a year between 1990 and 2005, according to a satellite-based survey

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Environment News Network [2]
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Forests [3], Agriculture [4], FAO [5], Remote Sensing [6], Land [7], Deforestation [8]

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