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Nature 434, 549 (31 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434549b; Published online 30 March 2005

WWF warns that China's forests are not out of the woods

Rachael Williams

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Incentives to restore tree cover are harming environment, report says.

Government incentives to restore tree cover in China have damaged the environment and levied a high cost on forests worldwide, according to a WWF report issued this March. The critique suggests that China is shifting the ecological burden of its industrialization on to other countries.

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