FAO’s new optimistic assessment on reduced deforestation is totally misplaced say forest activists
7 September, Durban: The Global Forest Coalition[1], a coalition of Indigenous Peoples and environmental activist movements from 50 different countries has denounced FAO’s optimistic assessment that deforestation has been halved since 1990 as a false claim. FAO released its Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015 today at the World Forestry Congress…