ENGLISH - ARTICLE - "How the world's forest are changing (Interactive)"
ENVIRONMENT HOW THE WORLD'S FORESTS ARE CHANGING [INTERACTIVE] THE FUTURE OF TREES IS LOOKING UP .- to Look up: figurative, informal, situation; improve: mejorar: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/look-up By Breanna Draxler Posted March 18, 2016 Kim Daniel In September, the Food and Agriculture Organization released a rare bit of good news: The global rate of forest loss has dropped 50 percent in five years. In northern regions, commercial planting has even expanded forests. “The only way to supply things like Amazon . com packages and toilet paper is tree plantations,” says Kenneth MacDicken, a former FAO senior forestry officer, who led the report. Not all countries are sighing with relief, though. In the southern tropics, where forest clearing can be a matter of human survival, the practice continues. .- a S ighing: un suspiro: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...