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… services can be affected when ecosystems become degraded. Water quality can decline, carbon can be emitted into the … nursery techniques, etc) • Scientific reports published • Surface area covered by census Ensuring protection • Sites … • New texts, regulations and procedures adopted • Surface area of burnt and damaged forest (reduced) • Listed …

… * Forests cover about one third of the Earth’s land surface,1 and provide services and resources supporting human … in meeting their basic needs for energy, food, and clean water. * Legal Officer, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, … are suitable for timber extraction, there are large sub-surface mineral deposits within the forest, and rising …

… boosting livelihoods, economies, food and fuel production, water security and climate change adaptation and mitigation. … large amounts of carbon, protecting downstream water supplies and providing rich wildlife habitat. • … The assessment model also indicated that, of this surface, almost nine per cent could be considered high …