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Surprising reasons be optimistic about saving forests
2014-11-14 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In the 1990s, the world watched with alarm as vast tracts of tropical rainforest were torn down for timber and croplands, dug up for minerals and energy, and flooded for hydroelectric projects. Conservation groups, governments, philanthropists, and institutions like the World Bank collectively spent billions of dollars on programs to stop the carnage. But as viewed from satellites high above Earth's surface, those efforts barely dented deforestation rates. Nearly a decade and a half into the 21st...
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