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Economist: Tens of billions of dollars in forest products are being overlooked - EurekAlert


<p>Are we missing the forest for the trees? More than timber grows in forests &ndash; including products worth many tens of billions of dollars. Because these goods go unrecorded in official trade statistics, their economic value escapes our attention. As a result, clear opportunities to combat poverty are being missed, according to a University of Copenhagen economist.</p>

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