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 Stories About: deforestation AND food and agriculture AND Mexico AND population AND rainforests AND wilderness
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Its Bark Is Worse, and That Bites
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14 Jan 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Its Bark Is Worse, and That Bites Last month, Mexican officials learned their country is losing its forests at a rate of nearly 3 million acres a year, or nearly twice the clip previously thought; now, they're blaming the heavy deforestation on impoverished indigenous farmers in Chiapas, who slash and burn the jungle to scrape out their meager living. The long history of m ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, food and agriculture, Mexico, population, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics) |
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