The forest loss is also a major contributor of climate-warming emissions, with the dense tropical forest vegetation representing the largest living reservoir of carbon. - Reuters
BRASILIA: Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.
The forest loss is also a major contributor of climate-warming emissions, with the dense tropical forest vegetation representing the largest living reservoir of carbon.
Logging and land conversion, mainly for agriculture, have wiped out 34pc of the world’s original old-growth tropical rainforests, and degraded another 30pc, leaving them more vulnerable to fire and future destruction, according to an analysis by the non-profit Rainforest Foundation Norway.
Humans have degraded or destroyed about two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data revealed, raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.
The forest loss is also a major contributor of climate-warming emissions, with the dense tropical forest vegetation representing the largest living reservoir of carbon.
Logging and land conversion, mainly for agriculture, have wiped out 34 percent of the world’s original old-growth tropical rainforests, and degraded another 30 percent, leaving them more vulnerable to fire and future destruction, an analysis by the non-profit Rainforest Foundation Norway said.
More than half of the destruction since
Logging and land conversion for agriculture has wiped out 34 per cent of the world's original old-growth tropical rainforests and degraded another 30 per cent, leaving them more vulnerable to fire and future destruction.
Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world's original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.