Deforestation

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that only 36% of the world’s forests remained relatively undisturbed by humans (FAO, 2001). Forests are an important carbon sink and deforestation compounds climate issues. 

2003 World Resources Institute

Food and Agriculture Organization. (2001). State of the world’s forests 2001. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. Retrieved March 5, 2013 from: http://www.fao.org/forestry/sofo/en/.

 

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