Forest Loss Is Severe in the Tropics

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Percentage of Tropical Forest Cleared by Region Between 1960 and 1990

Although public awareness of the impact of global deforestation has increased in recent years, it has not slowed the rate of deforestation appreciably. For more information see http://www.wri.org/trends/deforest.html.

Source: Dirk Bryant, Daniel Nielsen, and Laura Tangley, The Last Frontier Forests: Ecosystems and Economics on the Edge, available at http://www.wri.org/ffi/lff-eng/ (World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C., 1997), p 14.