New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Mongabay
Jun 27, 2023, 8:35 am183 pts
JAKARTA — The tropics lost 10% more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021, as forest loss in deforestation hotspots like Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continued to accelerate, new data from the University of Maryland show. According to the data, available on the Global Forest…

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