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At the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, more than 100 global leaders la

Johnson says agreement should bring end to ‘great chainsaw massacre’ of planet’s forests

GLASGOW — More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned

Agreement is underpinned by $19bn in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.

The inability of major powers so far to agree more broadly on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels, the main cause of manmade global warming, has upset the poorer, smaller countries likely to suffer its worst effects.

The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use will cover forests totaling more than 13 million square miles

Over 100 global leaders from countries accounting for more than 85 per cent of the worlds forests have pledged to stop and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030...

Leaders at the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow have pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow climate change.

A new pledge by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030 is likely to fail unless quickly backed by more funding, transparent monitoring and tough regulation of businesses and financiers linked to forest destruction, environmentalists warn. More than 100 global leaders pledged late on Monday to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade,

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