Help Sitemap Home Skip Navigation Contact Us Disability Statement


Rate of global deforestation slowing down

Premium Article !

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button.

Options

Premium Article !

To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site.

Subscribe

Registered Article !

To read this article in full you must be registered with the site.

Sign In
Register
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image

Published Date: 15 November 2005
THE speed of global deforestation has slowed as a result of new planting and natural forest extension, but the world's forests are still being destroyed at an alarming rate, the UN said yesterday.
Some 7.3 million hectares were lost annually in the last five years, down from 8.9 million hectares a year between 1990 and 2000.

The full article contains 79 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
Page 1 of 1

  • Last Updated: 14 November 2005 10:42 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Forestry
 
Delivery formats: RSS, Atom, Javascript & Email
 
  

 
 


Sister Newspapers:
Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.