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The author focuses on land use, and forest area is actually growing in Asia. http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C56/forests_2012 http://www.earth-policy.or
by brohee 11y ago
The author focuses on land use, and forest area is actually growing in Asia.
http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C56/forests_2012 http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C56/forests_2012
The bad players are actually South America and Africa wrt deforestation, Oceania is about neutral and forest growing everywhere else.
- xerula 11y agoTotal forest cover is a crude statistic. Primary forests in Asia, where the majority of biodiversity resides, continue to be felled at alarming rates.