Most ‘frontiers of plantation expansion’ are losing far more trees to deforestation than harvesting

Mongabay
By <a class="author-link"…Jan 26, 2016, 4:50 pm232 pts
Nearly all of the recent tree cover loss in several “frontiers of plantation expansion” is happening outside established plantation boundaries, according to a study released Monday by the World Resources Institute. The study finds 90 percent of that loss is coming at the expense of natural forests in…

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