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WWF Warns 60% of Amazon Could Be Wiped Out

HeadlineDec 07, 2007

As the UN Climate Change Conference continues in Bali, a new study by the World Wide Fund for Nature said the impact of climate change plus deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon forest by 2030. The group says this would make it impossible to keep global temperatures from reaching catastrophic levels.

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