World Forests Rapidly Disappearing - Biofuels A Major Driver, Networks Claim
In a reaction to the alarming data released today in the 2009 State of the World’s Forests report by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Friends of the Earth International [1] and the Global Forest Coalition [2], two leading networks of environmental and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations, called on world governments to take immediate action to halt deforestation and forest degradation.