Ten years after the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, forests continue disappearing at an alarming rate. According to the FAO, some 161 million hectares of forest were lost during the 1990's, which means that the average rate of deforestation remained basically unchanged compared to the one that occured during the 1980's.
Ten years after the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, forests continue disappearing at an alarming rate. According to the FAO, some 161 million hectares of forest were lost during the 1990's, which means that the average rate of deforestation remained basically unchanged compared to the one that occured during the 1980's.