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Countries Appendix MAURITIUS (5.9%) Forest loss on this island country occurred over a relatively brief span of time. Early Dutch sailors devastated wildlife, including the famous dodo bird, but inflicted little actual damage on the forest. During the late 1700s and early 1800s, French colonists cleared huge tracts of forest for sugar cane plantations, as a source of fuelwood to power mills, and as a source for timber. After the French, very little forest remained, mostly restricted to mountain areas. From 1948 to 1973 the entire landscape was doused with DDT with severely affected bird populations. |
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