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Rise in forest clearance increasing greenhouse gases

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Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating and leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions. The findings, revealed by a research team including Leeds academics, show that forests are being cut down at increasingly higher altitudes and on steeper slopes in order to make way for agricultural intensification. As a result, more than 400 million tonnes...