TREES - More money, more forest-planting

The environmental version of the Kuznets curveECONOMIC growth is generally assumed to be bad for biodiversity. That is right—but only up to a point. In the early stages of a country's growth, the human population increases sharply, natural habitat is lost and pollution rises. But when countries approach middle-income level, that starts to change, for several reasons: some of the effects of growth (such as sewage systems and restrictions on ...

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