Which of the Following Statements About Deforestation Is NOT True

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about deforestation is NOT true?

• A) About 90 percent of the world's forest loss is occurring in tropical forests.
• B) Tropical forests make up only 6 percent of the world's land but are home to 50 to 90 percent of all terrestrial species.
• C) Reforestation in North America in the years since 1920 has had no measureable effect on the size and health of the continent's forests.
• D) At present deforestation rates, 50 percent of tropical species could be extinct by 2042.

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