BLOG: Reducing Poverty through Sustainable Forest Use Forests are vital to human survival. About 1.3 billion–1.6 billion people depend on forests for food, energy, timber and many other uses. But rampant deforestation has meant the loss of nearly one half of the Earth’s tropical forests cut over the past half a century. This puts pressure on policymakers, local communities and private companies to find better and more sustainable ways of using forest resources. The raging man-made forest fires in Indonesia are just one example of deteriorating conditions and their adverse effects for the country, its neighbors and the planet. https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/reducing-poverty-through-sustainable-forest-use
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:15:24 +0000
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