MINISTERS responsible for forestry from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members are pressing for deeper cooperation to curb deforestation and further biodiversity loss as the region steps up its fight against climate change and advances action for a sustainable future.

APEC economies account for more than 50 percent of the global forest areas, 60 percent of global wood products and 80 percent of global trade in forest products, said a release issued by the 5th APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Forestry and received here on Thursday.

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