Mass deforestation in the world continues despite the declarations made
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From the Bolivian Amazon to Ghana, last year, ten football fields of primary rainforest disappeared every minute. In 2022, there was a loss of 4.1 million hectares of primary rainforests in the tropics. This represents a 10-percent increase compared to 2021, according to the latest data from the World Resources Institute (WRI).
In 2021, the world lost 3.75 million hectares of tropical primary rainforests, which are critical for carbon storage and biodiversity.
Considering that the forest area in Poland exceeds 9.2 million hectares, the loss of rainforests worldwide is equivalent to 45 percent of Poland's forest cover.
All of this happened despite the promises made by global leaders to prevent deforestation from expanding. During COP26 in 2021, over 100 world leaders signed a commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030.
