10 Soccer Fields of Tropical Primary Forests Were Lost Every Minute in 2021

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By Olivia RosaneApr 28, 2022, 7:15 pm206 pts
At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in November, 2021, 141 countries promised to “halt and reverse forest loss by 2030.” For this to happen, deforestation will have to decline every year this decade, but this is not yet the case for tropical forests, which are vitally important for fighting the…

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