Over 5 years Africa has lost forests the size of England, this is how to create a trade-off
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Date of publication
Maio 2017
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ISBN / Resource ID
salo:8501
Deforestation remains a persistent environmental challenge in Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that between 2010 to 2015 alone, the continent experienced a net loss of around 17 million hectares of forests. To put this in perspective, this is equivalent to more than 1.3 times the total land size of England. It is also a major driver of carbon emissions