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Australia and the environment [1]

According to a recent report by New South Wales's Environment Protection Authority, 9% of the Australian continent was forested when the first Europeans stepped ashore in 1788; only 5% remains

Publication Date: 
17/01/1998
Economist (London) [2]
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Forests [3]
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