The world lost over 4 million hectares of tropical forest in 2019, at the rate of one football pitch every second, new data from Global Forest Watch said.
The world lost close to four million hectares of tropical forest in 2019, at the rate of one football pitch every second, new data released Tuesday fromGlobal Forest Watch is an online platform that provides near-real-time data and tools for monitoring forests.The researchers who used satellites to monitor changes pointing out activities like agricultural expansion, wildfires, logging, mining and population growth to be the major causes of the global decline.
The top 10 countries that lost the most primary forest in 2019 were Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Bolivia, Peru, Malaysia, Colombia, Laos, Mexico, and Cambodia. “Primary forest loss in the DRC’s protected areas increased slightly, especially in reserves and hunting areas that have fewer financial resources for enforcing protection than national parks do, as well as in the eastern part of the country where there is more population pressure from displaced persons and conflict,” said Mikaela Weisse, a project manager at the GFW forest monitoring service, which is operated by the World Resources Institute.
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