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Forests cover approximately 31 percent of the global land area and provide habitat for the vast majority of the terrestrial plant and animal species known to science. Forests and the biodiversity they contain continue to be under threat from farming and exploitation, much of it illegal.
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- Six Countries, One Forest, One Future
19 lis 2021 · The Congo forest basin is the second-largest rainforest in the world. More than half of it lies within the Democratic Republic of Congo. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace says illegal...
24 paź 2023 · Widespread and increasing deforestation and degradation in the planet's three largest tropical forest basins—the Amazon, Congo, and the forests of Asia-Pacific—could deliver a global climate catastrophe.
27 cze 2023 · An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year as tree losses surged, according to new research. It means that a political pledge to end deforestation made at COP26 by...
‘Forest loss’ or ‘tree loss’ captures two fundamental impacts on forest cover: deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation is the complete removal of trees for the conversion of forest to another land use such as agriculture, mining, or towns and cities.
4 kwi 2024 · The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation.
31 sie 2021 · Tropical forests are facing threats from climate change and extreme weather. Scientists estimate that one million animals and plant species are threatened with extinction. Over the past 300...
