The UNFAO has demonstrated that forest loss has slowed but ________

A) there will be no forest ecosystems left by 2040
B) all nationally owned forests should be managed by clear-cutting
C) to protect forest biodiversity, forested public lands should be closed to recreation
D) deforestation is now in equilibrium with new planting
E) we still lose forests at the rate of 5.2 million ha/yr


E

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