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[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/alaska-tongass-forest-at-risk-logging-trump by Brendan Jones 22/3/18 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/alaska-tongass-forest-at-risk-logging-trump by Brendan Jones 22/3/18 The Guardian] | ||
At south-east Alaska’s last industrial-scale sawmill, wheel loaders stack debarked logs two storeys high on the frozen ground. A bumper sticker on a battered Ford in the parking lot reads “Cut Kill Dig Drill”, a mantra that many in the 49th state appreciate re | At south-east Alaska’s last industrial-scale sawmill, wheel loaders stack debarked logs two storeys high on the frozen ground. A bumper sticker on a battered Ford in the parking lot reads “Cut Kill Dig Drill”, a mantra that many in the 49th state appreciate re | ||
=====Most Countries are Falling Short of Their Promises to Stop Cutting Down the World’s Trees===== | |||
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23102023/world-losing-millions-acres-forest-annually/ by Georgina Gustin 23/10/23 Inside Climate News] | |||
Despite the urgency behind global pledges to stop cutting down trees and damaging forests, the world lost tens of millions of acres of woodlands in 2022, veering well off track from meeting targets to halt deforestation and reversing modest progress from the previous year. | |||
