A Colombian Huitoto indigenous man. A mounting body of evidence suggests that legal recognition of indigenous land rights provides greater forest protection AFP/Raul ARBOLEDAPARIS: Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in smoke last year, with an area roughly the size of Switzerland cut down or burned to make way for cattle and commercial crops, researchers said Tuesday .
The total area of tropical forest levelled by fire and bulldozers worldwide last year was in fact three times higher - but virgin rainforests, as they were once known, are especially precious. The forest fires that engulfed parts of Brazil last year made front-page news as the climate crisis loomed large in the public eye.Satellite images revealed many new"hot spots" of forest destruction. In the state of Para, for example, these fire-ravaged zones corresponded to reports of illegal land-grabs inside the Trincheira/Bacaja indigenous reserve.
"Anecdotal reports of increased levels of illegal logging, mining, poaching and other forest crimes are streaming in from all over the world," Seymour noted.
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