Rainforest tree leaf
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Rainforest tree leaf

About 18 percent of Uganda is forested, but rates of forest loss increased by 20 percent since the close of the 1990s. Deforestation is mostly the result of subsistence activities, namely agriculture, fuelwood collection, and charcoal production.




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Photo by Rhett A. Butler.
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