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Only 5% of tropical forests managed sustainably

Progress has been made but more is needed, report warns.

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  1. Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005 (International Tropical Timber Organization 2006).

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Hopkin, M. Only 5% of tropical forests managed sustainably. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060522-16

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