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Article: A talk with world forestry's new top gun. (Hollis Murray, Assistant Director General, Forestry Department at Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations) (interview)
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
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AMERICAN FORESTS: Throughout the world there is a great deal of concern about large-scale damage. and destruction of tropical forests. How is this to be addressed?
Hollis Murray: Much of the pressure on forests, even their destruction, is coming about because people have basic needs that must be satisfied.
In other words, poverty is one of the great underlying causes of forest destruction. Politicians, policy makers, governments must bear this in mind and take the necessary action to expand the opportunities people have to improve their lives. That is the way to remove pressure not only on the forests but on other resources as well,
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