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Google-powered map shows deforestation isnt just about the Amazon
2015-09-03 00:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When you hear deforestation, you might think Brazil. It`s a fair association: Over the past four decades, upwards of 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down. But Brazil also boasts a relative success story, having reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 70 percent over the past ten years. Instead, new data from a collaboration between Google and the University of Maryland illustrate unprecedented -- and until now, largely overlooked -- forest loss in Southeast Asia and West Africa, among...
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