Efforts to stop deforestation in DRC may be misplaced, study finds

Mongabay
Oct 27, 2016, 12:20 pm308 pts
Deforestation rates have been rising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent years, threatening the country's forest-dependent wildlife and releasing millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Now, a new study may have pinpointed a big reason behind this trend: farmers clearing land to earn…

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