World old-growth tropical forest losses increase 12% in 2020, data shows

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Worldwide losses of old-growth tropical forests increased 12 per cent in 2020, with climate impacts such as fires, storms and droughts playing a ...

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A hawk flies over a tract of burnt Amazon jungle near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, on Aug 14, 2020. BOGOTA: Worldwide losses of old-growth tropical forests increased 12 per cent in 2020, with climate impacts such as fires, storms and droughts playing a significant role, causing an area roughly the size of Denmark to disappear, according to new data reported on Wednesday .

More broadly, the total of all trees lost in 2020, including in boreal and temperate forests, went up 6.6 per cent, according to WRI's Global Forest Watch platform. Increasingly, forests are falling victims to climate change, Seymour warned, citing fires in wetlands.Anecdotal evidence suggests people took advantage of coronavirus lockdowns to illegally log or clear in protected areas, Seymour said, describing an uptick in such activities as a continuation of past trends.

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