A report by the World Resources Institute revealed that the world lost 9.1 million acres of primary tropical forest in 2023, equivalent to an area almost the size of Switzerland. Despite progress in the Amazon, global forest destruction continued, with an area of forest about the size of 10 football fields being destroyed every minute on average. Notably, Brazil and Colombia saw significant declines in forest destruction, with Brazil experiencing a 36% drop and Colombia a 49% reduction in primary forest loss from 2022 to 2023. Canada's wildfires in 2023 drove a substantial increase in global tree cover loss.
Conservationists say changing political will has led to major drops in deforestation in Brazil and Colombia, but overall rates remain "stubbornly consistent." https://t.co/kFSxO2U2BB
Brazil and Colombia see "remarkable" decrease in forest destruction after leadership changes, data show. https://t.co/8PoGUFNDmz
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Brazil and Colombia did the most to curb deforestation in 2023, coinciding with their pro-environment presidents taking office. Much more must be done to protect the Amazon, but it is encouraging that political will has already made a big difference https://t.co/9qTWuII3hx 👇
South America has lost 30% of its primary forest cover since 2001. But there are reasons for optimism. Last year saw a 24% reduction in deforestation compared with 2022 https://t.co/dO9c5BGLK2 👇
Tree loss in the region fell by almost a quarter in 2023, compared with the year before https://t.co/P3n2LdwUht 👇
According to the tree cover report, Canada accounted for more than half of the world's forest loss due to fire last year — including all forests, not just those outside of the tropics. Ninety-two per cent of the forest lost in the country was due to fire. https://t.co/ANGJ2Iwb0m
Forest destruction in Brazil and Colombia fell "steeply" between 2022 and 2023, according to data from the University of Maryland's GLAD Lab. https://t.co/FyLpgHbsKE
Brazil and Colombia experienced a 'remarkable' decrease in forest loss in 2022 and 2023, a new report finds. The two countries are home to the Amazon rainforest, one of the world's greatest weapons against climate change. https://t.co/lQk2k898mu
Brazil and Colombia see "remarkable" decrease in forest destruction after leadership changes, data show https://t.co/ekqoBNaY2t
The key of environmental protection? Political will. Brazil and Colombia dropped forest losses by 36% and 49% respectively, under Lula and Petro, but gains were offset by increases in Bolivia, Laos, Nicaragua and other countries. https://t.co/7p2xZxEy0X
Canadian wildfires ’entirely’ drove surge in global tree loss in 2023, study says https://t.co/kzkDDbBrsP https://t.co/zR2HAo8yLc
The tropics lost the equivalent of 10 soccer (football) fields of forest per minute last year due to logging, human-set fires and climate change, according to a new report from the World Resources Institute (WRI). https://t.co/1SAETAJElE
Climate change: Logging decline after political change in Brazil, Colombia - BBC News https://t.co/NYYIa6ZeO0
Amazon tree loss in Brazil dropped 39% from 2022 to 2023, according to new analysis from the World Resources Institute. Colombia also experienced a 49% reduction in primary forest loss compared to 2022. 1/5 https://t.co/CR6hH7ttOp
A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were “entirely” to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses. https://t.co/Ws5MEmOyhN
Despite major progress in protecting vast tracts of rainforest, the world failed again last year to significantly slow the pace of global forest destruction, according to a new report. https://t.co/87sQQM6Cuo
Canada accounted for more than half of the world’s forest loss due to a historic wildfire season in 2023, according to an annual survey. https://t.co/qSaDKJC8Fy.
Deforestation rates tumbled in Brazil and Colombia last year after leaders ramped up safeguards for the Amazon. https://t.co/YI5sT1iM5F
Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season drove nearly a quarter increase in the loss of the world’s tree cover, a new report has found. READ MORE: https://t.co/laY7iprSvq https://t.co/laY7iprSvq
Ten football pitches’ worth of forest were lost per minute in 2023, suggesting that countries are not doing enough to halt deforestation https://t.co/s2SYfNj4VX
Canada wildfires drove global tree cover loss in 2023. By how much? https://t.co/ivirc4BYwq https://t.co/6DIkwXV2u8
Latin America’s biggest potential contribution to the fight against climate change? Preserving its trees. “There’s a huge amount of carbon stored in these forests,” @GrahamWatkins, Climate Chief at @The_IDB/@El_BID, explained. https://t.co/aYlfe15zJI
Brazil and Colombia saw a sharp decline in forest destruction from 2022 to 2023, per data from the University of Maryland's GLAD Lab.. Primary forest loss in Brazil fell by 36%, and in Colombia by 49%, a remarkable drop. https://t.co/eX9vFkrhVB
Tropical forest loss declined last year, but other indicators show that the world's woodlands remain under tremendous pressure, according to an analysis released by the Global Forest Watch monitoring project https://t.co/s2pZhYTcCv https://t.co/CN9reQUeAt
An area of forest about the size of 10 football fields is being destroyed globally every minute on average, new data shows – even as forest destruction in Brazil and Colombia fell "steeply" between 2022 and 2023. https://t.co/zev6hcIviV
Despite major progress in protecting vast tracts of rainforest, the world failed again last year to significantly slow the pace of global forest destruction, according to a report issued on Thursday. https://t.co/Q0sipj4vWx
“The annual survey by the World Resources Institute, a research organization, found that the world lost 9.1 million acres of primary tropical forest in 2023, equivalent to an area almost the size of Switzerland, about 9 percent less than the year before.” https://t.co/F6MUsi1Yog
The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on Thursday. https://t.co/IhfJK8bFTb