Forest loss the size of Switzerland in 2022

[New World Explorer]

The world has lost an area of old-growth tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland over the last year, as deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon continued unabated.

Global Forest Watch, which is backed by the nonprofit World Resources Institute (WRI) and draws on forest data collected by the University of Maryland, revealed that about 41,000 sq km of tropical rainforest was lost in 2022.

Such forests protect against climate change because they absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Last year's losses in the tropics released some 2.7 gigatons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to India's annual fossil fuel emissions, the report said.https://www.sheppnews.com.au/world/forest-loss-the-size-of-switzerland-in-2022/

 

How sad. Humans are unstoppable when it comes to destruction of our planet.