Article #14041

South China Morning Post - World News

South China Morning Post - World News

Title Tropical rainforest loss eases after record year, but still ‘11 football fields a minute’ Source South China Morning Post - World News
Description The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per minute, researchers said Wednesday. The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6 million acres) of tropical primary rainforest last year, down 36 per cent from 2024, said researchers from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland. “A drop of this scale in a single year is encouraging – it shows what decisive...
Link https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3351895/tropical-rainforest-loss-eases-after-record-year-still-11-football-fields-minute?utm_source=rss_feed Published At 2026-04-29 09:35:31 (2 months ago)
Created At 2026-04-29 09:36:17 Updated At 2026-04-29 09:36:17