Africa > Tropical forests shrank 10% globally in 2022, last year of Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidency

Tropical forests shrank 10% globally in 2022, last year of Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidency

Published 07:00 on June 27, 2023  /  Last updated at 19:44 on June 24, 2023  / Paddy Gourlay /  Africa, Americas, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Fewer trees were lost worldwide in 2022 than a year earlier, according to a report published Tuesday, but only because Russia avoided a repeat of its terrible wildfires while there was still a rise in the loss of  tropical forests in what was Brazilian far-right president Jair Bolsonaro’s final year in office.
Fewer trees were lost worldwide in 2022 than a year earlier, according to a report published Tuesday, but only because Russia avoided a repeat of its terrible wildfires while there was still a rise in the loss of  tropical forests in what was Brazilian far-right president Jair Bolsonaro’s final year in office.


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