At the current rate of deforestation, tropical rain-forests would virtually disappear as functioning ecosystems within 100 years.
rate of deforestation
The report says another possible approach is a system funded by industrial countries that pays developing countries for reducing their rate of deforestation.
The second criticism of Dr Wright's and Dr Muller-Landau's view questions their interpretation of the link between a country's population and its rate of deforestation.
From 2003 to 2009, found a new study, the rate of deforestation in two gold-mining areas increased six-fold alongside record-setting leaps in the international price of gold.
After Mr Maggi became governor in 2003, Mato Grosso's rate of deforestation accelerated markedly.
There's also alarm at the rate of deforestation in Indonesia.
