In 2016, a record 929,000 hectares of forest disappeared, but there's been a steady decrease in the rate of deforestation since then. Getty Images By 2020, the annual loss was down to 270,000 ...
For decades, deforestation has been seen as a leading cause of environmental damage. Now, the full cost that losing our tree cover is having on the world's climate is being realised, and ...
EU-linked deforestation accounted for 15 per cent of global deforestation related to international trade. [Getty Images: Justin Paget] This article is part of our special report Deforestation and ...