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One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in ethiopia. the amount of its forested land has decreased from 40 to 1 percent in the last four decades. concurrently, the amount of rainfall has declined to the point where the country is rapidly becoming a wasteland.
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Al Gore
One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in ethiopia. the amount of its forested land has decreased from 40 to 1 percent in the last four decades. concurrently, the amount of rainfall has declined to the point where the country is rapidly becoming a wasteland.
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