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Logging: No impact on big floods
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4331472.stm
Well this overturns all that I thought on the subject...
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Deforestation and logging do not increase the risk of major floods, according to a new report.
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The belief that deforestation causes major floods and increases the damage which they do appears to be widespread.
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But the FAO/Cifor report cites evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal, South Africa, Thailand and the US showing that the frequency and extent of major floods has not changed over the last century or two, despite drastic reductions in forest cover.
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Very intereeesting. 
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