Rainforests 'still at great risk' (BBC)

Most of the world's managed rainforests are still in great jeopardy with only 5% being treated in a sustainable way, a new report has said.

Each year 12m hectares of the forests are cleared for agriculture and other development, the International Tropical Timber Organisation report says.
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But it also points to many improvements and says an area about the size of Germany is now being well managed.
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The report surveyed 814 million hectares (two billion acres) of rainforest designated by governments in 33 nations as being under sustainable management.
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The report, Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005, says there has been a collective failure to understand that forests can generate considerable economic value without being destroyed.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5018336.stm

Once they're completely destroyed it will be difficult to think of them as being "threatened."

"an area about the size of Germany is now being well managed."

:eyes:

We're fucked.