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Fri 12 Dec 2008Amazon 'die-back' could be devastating
DEFORESTATION AND "die-back" caused by climate change could devastate the Amazon rain forest, with the loss of more than two million sq km by 2050, according to British Met Office scientists.
In a report released yesterday, the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research said the loss of forest cover could be five times what the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)projected in its fourth assessment report last year.
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