Sentences with phrase «forests at the current pace»

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Elephants, gorillas and other large forest mammals may become extinct in central Africa within 50 years if hunting meat to feed starving populations continues at the current pace.

At about 6,000 hectares per year (15,000 acres / year), the current pace of mechanical thinning in these forests does not begin to match the magnitude of recent forest disturbances.

Under those conditions, the spread of fires in the boreal forests of Eurasia would greatly increase once such a fire is started.23 If global warming continues at its current pace, the annual fire season in these boreal forests are likely to start earlier and end later, and become more severe.5, 7,6,15