Deforestation and co2 emissions
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Tropical deforestation - estimated at 13 million hectares per year - is adding 6.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually. source: The World Watch Institute, 2009 State of the World: Into a Warming World (Print Publication). A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society. ed. Linda Starke. Published by W.W. Norton & Company in New York, NY. page 7.
The World Watch Institute, 2009 State of the World: Into a Warming World (Print Publication). A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society. ed. Linda Starke. Published by W.W. Norton & Company in New York, NY. page 7.