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Iceland grows forests for first time in 1,000 years
2nd July 2018
A positive story here of the challenges and opportunities that come with a focused strategy of reforestation in Iceland. This in the week when we discovered that satellite data shows the world has lost more than one football pitch of forest every second in 2017, adding up to an area equivalent to the whole of Italy over the year.
One football pitch of forest lost every second in 2017, @globalforests data reveals https://t.co/1ErCs4HhBP via @guardian #deforestation pic.twitter.com/BMQzSMZlfe
— Asian Development Bank (@ADB_HQ) June 27, 2018
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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