"The bottom line is that, globally, deforestation has gotten worse, not better, since the beginning of the decade.
We’re only six years away from a critical global deadline to end deforestation, and forests continue to be chopped down, degraded, and set ablaze at alarming rates,”
Ivan Palmegiani, consultant at the research group Climate Focus

#Forests #Deforestation #Trees #Environment #Biodiversity #ClimateEmergency #Beef #Soy #PalmOil

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/deforestation-destruction-demolition-beef-soy-palm-oil-nickel?CMP=firstedition_email

Deforestation ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction

Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report finds

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}