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A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropics in 2024, with global warming and El Niño ...
Global forest loss hit the highest level on record last year, per detailed University of Maryland and World Resources ...
As a result, Bolivia lost 14,800 square kilometres of forest in 2024, the second-most of any country, up 200% from 2023. It ...
Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed ...
Outside the tropics, boreal forests, which evolved with seasonal fires, also posted record-high tree loss in 2024, with ...
Tropical rainforests, like the Amazon, are sometimes called the 'lungs of the planet' because they absorb and store carbon ...
Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
Global loss of tropical and boreal forests surged to a record high last year as unprecedented temperatures fueled fires, ...
A record 6.7 million hectares of tropical forests were lost globally in 2024, driven largely by Amazon fires. India, ranked ...
Fifteen of the 20 countries with the largest area of primary forests that signed the 2021 forest pledge are now losing trees ...
The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...
Brazil and Bolivia led forest loss in 2024 as drought worsened fires and land was cleared for large-scale agriculture and ...