FORESTS
10/03/2001
UN reports that tropical countries lose more than 15 million hectares of forests a year to agriculture, logging, and other threats.
Source
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "Deforestation Continues at a High Rate in Tropical Areas; FAO Calls Upon Countries to Fight Forest Crime and Corruption," press release (Rome: 3 October 2001).
Links
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Forestry Data
Forest Stewardship Council
Global Forest Watch
World Resources Institute: Forest Frontiers Initiative
World Rainforest Movement
Worldwatch Links
State of the World 1999 - Chapter 4: Reorienting the Forest Products Economy
State of the World 2000 - Chapter 6: Recovering the Paper Landscape
Worldwatch Paper 140: Taking a Stand: Cultivating a New Relationship with the World's Forests
Worldwatch Paper 149: Paper Cuts: Recovering the Paper Landscape
Worldwatch Research Library: Forests
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