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On Wednesday 14 April, an article (pay wall, Dutch) appeared on the website of Flemish newspaper De Morgen on a WWF report (Dutch) on tropical deforestation. It states that Belgium is one of the largest deforesters in Europe, per capita. The claim turns out to be mostly true. Belgium is indeed one of the European countries contributing most to tropical deforestation with 14 m²/year per capita deforestation. Only the Netherlands surpasses Belgium with 18 m²/year per capita deforestation. To know why Belgium contributes so much to the deforestation of the lungs of the earth"
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