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Posted Mon Jul 14 2008: from Rights and Resources Institute, via EurekAlert: New studies predict record land grab as demand soars for new sources of food, energy and wood fiber http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1216049022 Escalating global demand for fuel, food and wood fibre will destroy the world's forests, if efforts to address climate change and poverty fail to empower the billion-plus forest-dependent poor, according to two reports released today by the U.S.-based Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), an international coalition comprising the world's foremost organisations on forest governance and conservation. [Read more stories about: rain forest depletion, forests] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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