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Humans have destroyed two-thirds of worldâs rainforest âThe good news is that we have an area half the size of Europe that is still completely intact.â According to a Norwegian nonprofit, two-thirds of Earthâs tropical rainforest has been destroyed by humanity. Two-thirds of the worldâs original tropical #rainforest cover have been degraded or destroyed, new @RainforestNORW data reveals. We need to stop destroying forests & other nature, for the sake of our health, biodiversity & #climate.https://t.co/JpCnyO2CR3#Together4Forestsâ WWF EU (@WWFEU) March 8, 2021 T...
comments This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely. New data from a Norwegian nonprofit is generating fresh concerns about humanity's destruction of the natural world, revealing Monday that people have ravaged about two-thirds of original tropical rainforest cover globally. The Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) analysis found that human activities including logging and land-use changes—often for farming—have destroyed 34% of old-growth tropical rainforests and deg...
FOE Statement on Announcement of Federal Deforestation Bill FOE Statement on Announcement of Federal Deforestation Bill March 3, 2021 WASHINGTON — Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai’i announced today the pending introduction of a federal bill to ban US imports of products linked to illegal deforestation and land conversion. Friends of the Earth and dozens of other advocacy organizations have simultaneously called on Congress and the Biden-Harris administration to enact policy measures to support the health and well-being of the world’s forests and the people who depend on them. ...