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Desertification in the Making: Philippines Has Lost 80% of Its Forest Cover

Desertification in the Making: Philippines Has Lost 80% of Its Forest Cover

Only 20 percent of the country’s original forest cover remains, making the Philippines the only country in Southeast Asia with the thinnest forest cover. An environmental group in Aurora foresees that all forest cover will be gone by the end of this decade (or 2010) if logging operations continue at their present pace.

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