Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still 'stubbornly' high: Report

Around 3.7 million hectares of primary tropical forest -- an area nearly the size of Bhutan -- was lost last year

Landscape of burnt forest with regrowth of the plant cover, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France (Photo by Andre Simon / Biosgarden / Biosphoto via AFP)

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

PARIS, FRANCE - The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is

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Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still 'stubbornly' high: Report

Around 3.7 million hectares of primary tropical forest -- an area nearly the size of Bhutan -- was lost last year

Landscape of burnt forest with regrowth of the plant cover, Plaine des Maures, near Lac des Escarcets, Var, France (Photo by Andre Simon / Biosgarden / Biosphoto via AFP)

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