200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960

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By Joseph WintersAug 5, 2022, 10:30 am238 pts
The planet lost more than 1 billion acres of forest between 1960 and 2019, according to a new study published this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters. This deforestation happened faster than trees could replenish, amounting to a net loss of about 200 million acres of forestland over the past 60…

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