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Published online 22 May 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.505
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Attempts to preserve world's forests falling short
International targets will not be met by 2010.
Sufficient efforts are not being made to protect 10% of the world's forests by 2010 — as agreed under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) — according to a new analysis1.
The study is the first attempt to work out how much of the globe's 20 major types of forest are safeguarded.
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