Study tracks global forest decline and expansion over six decades

Mongabay
Aug 17, 2022, 10:45 am203 pts
Since 1960, the world has lost an area of forest larger than the island of Borneo, according to a recent study. That net loss of 817,000 square kilometers (315,000 square miles) of forest area, combined with the growth of the global population, means that there’s just half a hectare (1.2 acres) of forest for…

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