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More wood was removed from forests in 2005 than ever before,
one of many troubling environmental signs highlighted on Thursday in the
Worldwatch Institute’s annual check of the planet’s health.
The
Washington-based think tank’s "Vital Signs 2007-2008" report points to global
patterns ranging from rising meat consumption to Asian economic growth it says
are linked to the broader problem of climate Change.
"I think
climate change is the most urgent challenge we have ever faced," said Erik
Assadourian, director of the Vital Signs project. "You see many trends in
climate change, whether we are talking about grain production which is affected
by droughts and flooding. Or meat. production as livestock production makes up
about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions," he told reporters in a telephone
interview before the report’s release.
Assadourian said the key
message of the report was that unsustainable consumption patterns were
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