Forest loss data show 2016 increase

10 October 2017
The Phnom Penh Post
Forests and forestry / Logging and timber
illegal logging / University of Maryland

The new data, released by the University of Maryland, tracks forest cover loss globally using satellite imagery. Results showed that not only was 2016 worse than 2015, but of the 16 years for which deforestation was recorded, last year was the fourth worst – with around 200,000 hectares lost. The imagery also puts into view the rampant logging that has occurred in the country’s northeast, which has been a conduit for illegal exports of timber to Vietnam. …

 Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-loss-data-show-2016-increase

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