Tropical Forests Suffered Second-Worst Loss Of Trees On Record Last Year
In 2017, 39 million acres of tree cover disappeared, an area as big as Bangladesh. "The report is telling a bleak picture," researcher Mikaela Weisse said. "What we are doing right now isn't enough."
by Sasha Ingber
Jun 27, 2018
2 minutes
Last year marked another record year of loss for tropical forests.
About 39 million acres of tree cover disappeared in 2017 – an area the size of Bangladesh – according to by the World Resources Institute. That amounts to 40 football fields every minute for a whole year, making it the second-worst year of tree loss on record. The worst.
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