WWF warns of massive forest loss

United Press International: More than 568 million acres of forest worldwide will disappear by 2050 if no action is taken, a new WWF report warns. The report calls on governments and businesses to unite around a goal of zero net deforestation and forest degradation, or ZNDD, by 2020 as a global benchmark to avoid dangerous climate change and reduce biodiversity losses. "We are squandering forests now by failing to sort out vital policy issues such as governance and economic incentives to keep forests standing," said Rod......

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