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November Feature: Forests

The world's forests are a resource of incalculable value, yet they are being degraded and destroyed at an unprecedented rate.

As part of the effort to secure the future of the forests, WWF-Netherlands and WWF International have funded the World Conservation Monitoring Centre's production of the World Forest Map. This is the first map to show the extent of the world's forest areas, and how much is included in protected areas. The results are sobering.

Of around 33 million square kilometres of forest in the world, a scant 6 per cent is included in officially protected areas.

Urgent action is needed now to protect the world's forest-based biological diversity. We cannot watch as half the world's species are pushed to the brink of extinction. WWF calls on world leaders, decision makers, politicians, policy analysts, the public and the business community to act now to prevent further loss of our forests.

Learn MORE About Forests...

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