Myanmar has the third-highest rate of deforestation in the world, Ohn Win, minister for resources and conservation, told a forestry workshop at Myanmar Timber Enterprise in Yangon.
According to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation survey conducted every five years, Myanmar's forestry coverage was 52 per cent in 2000, 49 per cent in 2005, 47 per cent in 2010 and 43 per cent in 2015, he added.
Brazil tops the deforestation list followed by Indonesia. According to the FAO’s 2010 report, about 13 million hectares of forest were lost around the world each year between 2000 and 2010. (Courtesy of Eleven Myanmar)
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