Places to Watch: 3 Forest Regions at Risk Right Now

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By World Resources InstituteMar 28, 2018, 1:53 pm147 pts
By Mikaela Weisse and Katie Fletcher This edition of Places to Watch examines forest clearing detected between Nov. 9, 2017, and Jan. 31, 2018 in Indonesian Papua, Cameroon and Brazil. Due to occasional cloud cover that can obscure satellite recognition, some loss may have occurred earlier. Oil Palm Plantation…

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