Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records
10 May 2022
The area cleared almost doubled year-on-year, from 579 square kilometres in April 2021 to 1012 square kilometres last month
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Even a modest shift from ruminant meat to microbial proteins could cut deforestation and carbon emissions 56 per cent by 2050
Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge
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Satellite data shows 3.75 million hectares of tree cover, or 10 football pitches a minute, disappeared across primary tropical forests in 2021
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