Philippine Forest Near Extinction

The Philippines is an example of a country that has lost its original forest. Once, ninety-four percent of its land area was forested; today that's down to 2.7% (2005: 2.8%) as reported by Rhett Butler of Mongabay.com (Philippines).

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