February 12th, 2010
Indonesia was listed as a hot spot of this sort of deforestation. Jakarta skyline, photo: flydime via flickr.
Think everyone moving to cities and global trade increasing incomes will slow deforestation? Think again. A new study in Nature Geoscience, conducted by scientists at Columbia, Rutgers, and South Dakota State universities,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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