Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still 'stubbornly' high: report

Paris (AFP) April 4, 2024

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. Tropical forests absorb carbon and are a vital ally in the fight against climate change, but they are also the most ravaged by deforestation. High rates of tropical forest loss remain "stubbor