TROPICAL FORESTS DESTROYED AT FASTEST RECORDED RATE LAST YEAR
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✍️ Tropical forests around the world have disappeared at a record pace, with 67,000 sq km lost in 2024, mainly due to fires, according to new satellite analysis.
👉 67,000 sq km of tropical forests lost in 2024 👉 Fires were the main cause, overtaking land clearances from agriculture for the first time on record 👉 The Amazon was particularly badly affected due to record drought 👉 South East Asia saw a reduction in forest loss due to government policies 👉 Tropical forests store hundreds of billions of tonnes of carbon in soils and woody trunks
-- #ProfMatthewHansen #RodTaylor #ElizabethGoldman #GabrielLabbate #JustinRowlatt #Amazon #SouthEastAsia #Indonesia #Brazil #Bolivia #UniversityofMaryland #environment
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