According to a report published on the internet, Deforestation in Belize has accelerated since late 2010.
That worrying conclusion comes from a new satellite-based assessment of our forest cover by an organization called CATHALAC.
It compared forest cover between early 2010 and early 2012, concluding that Belize's forest cover fell from 62.7 percent to 61.6 percent during the period, a decline of 25,264 hectares.
The annual loss of 12,632 hectares is higher than the rate observed between 1980 and 2010, when deforestation averaged around 10,000 hectares per year.
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