Half of world's forest species at risk: UN

Half of world's forest species at risk: UN
Rome (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Half of the world's forest species are at risk from climate change and farming, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as it called for "urgent action" to manage them better. In its first global study of forest genetic resources, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said woodland was shrinking fastest in Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria. "Forests provide food, goods and servic ... more

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