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CENTRAL AMERICA
NEWS
| Wednesday
03
November 2010 |
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Deforestation
Index
Rises in
Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA
-
Honduras
lost 37
percent
of its
forests
over the
past 20
years,
revealed
the
Treehugger
website
owned by
Discovery,
which
places
this
country
among
the most
deforested
in the
world.
The
forest
area in
Honduras
has
disappeared
rapidly
since
1990,
says the
publication,
which
includes
the
state of
the
planet
in this
field.
The
Timber
Association
of
Honduras
described
as
incorrect
the
Treehugger's
information
and
ensured
that all
data in
its
possession
and the
empirical
observations
contradict
the
internet
publication.
"We all
know
that
deforestation
is a
major
problem,
but we
have no
data
that
allow us
to
quantify
it. All
the data
we know
and our
empirical
field
observations
contradict
the
report
of
Treehugger.
The rate
of
deforestation
in
Honduras
is
less,"
said
that
organization.
According
to the
United
Nations
Programme
for the
Environment
(UNEP),
Haiti
topped
the list
of
nations
with the
highest
rates of
deforestation
in Latin
America
and the
Caribbean.
The
problem
also
affects
Mexico
and El
Salvador,
where
many
forest
areas
disappear
every
year.
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