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Arab News:Shisha obsession destroys Somali forests

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The Somalis will cry then when the next drought comes as usual without

addressing the major factors.

 

 

 

 

JEDDAH: Somalia has blamed Saudi Arabia for contributing to the decline of 90 percent of the forests that once covered that country. In an official report, submitted to the United Nations, the African country has alleged that one of the main reasons for deforestation is cutting of trees, particularly the mahogany species, to meet the charcoal demand of hookah or shisha smokers in the Kingdom.

 

http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/840166

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