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Mongabay: More people, less forests: that's the conclusion of a US Forest Service report for forests in the US South. The report predicts that over the next 50 years, the region will lose 23 million acres (9.3 million hectares) largely due to urban sprawl and growing populations amid other factors. Such a loss, representing a decline of over 10 percent, would strain ecosystem services, such as water resources, while potentially imperiling over 1,000 species. However, Dogwood Alliance, which campaigns for conservation......
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US southern forests face bleak future, but is sprawl or the paper industry to blame?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 19th, 2011
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