The world has lost one-third of its forest, but an end of deforestation is possible - Our World in Data
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Over the last 10,000 years the world has lost one-third of its forests. An area twice the size of the United States. Half occurred in the last century.
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How much forest has been lost to deforestation globally?
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Deforestation has caused the loss of 1/3 of the world's forests
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Human Activity Has Degraded Rainforest Much More Than
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Deforestation: An Introduction - ClimaTalk - Climate is Talking
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Deforestation and Forest Loss - Our World in Data
What is Brazil's Cerrado - and why should the world care?
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Canada, home to a massive boreal forest, lobbied to limit U.S., EU
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Rainforest: Highest deforestation rate in six years
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The Human Eco-Predicament: Overshoot and the Population Conundrum (draft -do not cite)
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