Half of tropical forestland cleared for agriculture isn’t put to use, research shows

Mongabay
Dec 21, 2022, 6:05 am155 pts
Agriculture is gradually killing forests, and yet up to half of tropical forestland in Africa, Latin America and Asia cleared for agriculture remains idle, according to research published in the journal Science. The literature review, which analyzes a range of pantropical studies of deforestation, estimates…

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