News - Forests and deforestation in Africa<br> <i>- the wasting of an immense resource</i> Environment - NatureForests and deforestation in Africa - the wasting of an immense resource afrol News - Except for the Congo Basin, Africa's frontier forests have largely been destroyed, primarily by loggers and by farmers clearing land for agriculture. In West Africa, nearly 90 percent of the original moist forest is gone, and what remains is heavily fragmented and degraded.
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