Australia the only developed nation on world list of deforestation hotspots
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#5CRCS)
WWF report finds area six times the size of Tasmania has been cleared globally since 2004
Australia remains one of the world's hotspots for deforestation according to a new report by WWF, which finds an area six times the size of Tasmania has been cleared globally since 2004.
The analysis identifies 24 deforestation fronts" worldwide where a total of 43 million hectares of forest was destroyed in the period from 2004 until 2017.
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