Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach

Mongabay
Apr 4, 2024, 8:26 am287 pts
JAKARTA — The tropics continue to lose primary forest at an alarming rate, with an area of tree cover half the size of Panama disappearing in 2023, new data from the University of Maryland’s GLAD lab show. Primary forest loss last year amounted to 3.7 million hectares (9.1 million acres), according to the…

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