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Forest protection hopes fade at Poznan talks

9 Dec 2008

Forest to farms ... 13 million hectares a year are cleared.
Forest to farms ... 13 million hectares a year are cleared.

Hopes of reaching agreement at Poznan on protecting the world's forests are fading, prompting environmentalists to appeal for an extra push for a deal this week.

The Poznan meeting of nearly 190 countries was working on a plan to compensate countries to stop logging and converting forests to farmland, actions that were clearing 13 million hectares of forests a year up to 2005.


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