An Eurasian beaver which was reintroduced to Devon, in the United Kingdom,
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Between 1990 and 2014, forests in Europe increased by 13 million hectares, an area almost equivalent to the size of Greece – but that reached a cost. Cultures consumed in the European Union was to be cultivated somewhere, therefore, in other countries – mainly tropical nations – around 11 million hectares of forest were cut to compensate for the drop in EU production.
Such a “leak” of biodiversity is a major problem with conservation and reimbursement projects, in particular regimes in high and industrialized income countries which tend to have lower biodiversity, said …
