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Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

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par Robert Nasi, Director General CIFOR, Director of Science CIFOR-ICRAF, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these forests occupy an area the same size as the Amazon rainforest.

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