Tree loss in tropics casts doubt over climate goals
In the tropics, millions of hectares of “critically important” primary rainforest was lost last year, say analysts.
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In the tropics, millions of hectares of “critically important” primary rainforest was lost last year, say analysts.
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The world lost an area of forest the size of the U.S. state of Wyoming last year, as wildfires in Russia set all-...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr 28 (EFE).- The planet lost 3.75 million hectares of pristine rainforests in 2021, an area slightly larger than Taiwan, and Brazil is leading the environmental disaster as the Latin American nation accounted for nearly half of the destruction, a study published Thursday warned. Around 1.5 million hectares of rainforest was …
Satellite data shows 3.75 million hectares of tree cover, or 10 football pitches a minute, disappeared across primary tropical forests in 2021
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