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 Stories About: Afghanistan AND energy AND land degradation AND renewable energy AND United Nations AND wilderness AND wildlife
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Raging Kabul
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29 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Raging Kabul Twenty years of war in Afghanistan have not only taken an appalling human toll; they've laid waste to the nation's environment, according to a survey just completed by the United Nations Environment Programme. The survey found that more than 50 percent of the forests in three Afghan provinces have been destroyed in the last quarter-century, and w ... |
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| Topics: Afghanistan, energy, land degradation, renewable energy, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics) |
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