Climate Change: Wales could be 'first deforestation free nation'
Food linked to the felling of rainforests must be banned in Welsh school dinners in a bid to help tackle climate change, campaigners have said.
Every year an area of woodland about nine times the size of Wales is lost globally.
Charities say the Welsh Government must curb the use of some goods in a bid to make Wales the "world's first deforestation-free nation".
The Welsh Government said tackling deforestation was "vital".
A report, complied by WWF Cymru, RSPB Cymru and Size of Wales, calls for action to limit the amount of goods being imported into Wales linked to deforestation.
The campaigners want the next Welsh Government to make changes to public procurement rules, to stop school and hospital canteens serving up dishes containing certain products.
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