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World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds

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Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds

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World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

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Deforestation has turned Africa's forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new study finds

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source.

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FAO links the persistent trend mainly to extensive agriculture and commercial logging, often illegal and poorly regulated -for domestic and industrial wood production. These practices continue to accelerate the disappearance of natural forests.

https://africanagribusiness.com/africa-loses-29-million-hectares-of-forest-in-a-decade/4994/