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 Verlust an Regenwäldern steigt infographic
Grafik zeigt die Verluste von Tropenwald zwischen 2002 und 2022 und die Spitzenländer mit den höchsten Waldverlusten in 2022.
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CLIMATE

Zerstörung von unberührten Regenwäldern ist 2022 gestiegen

By Jordi Bou

June 27, 2023 - Ein Gebiet in der Größe der Schweiz wurde im letzten Jahr gerodet oder niedergebrannt, ungeachtet der Versprechen von Spitzenpolitikern die Entwaldung bis 2030 zu stoppen.

The tropics lost 4.1m hectares of primary rainforest in 2022, an increase of around 10% from 2021, according to figures compiled by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland.

At COP26 climate meeting in 2021, 145 world leaders signed Glasgow Declaration on forests, where they committed to “halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030”.

The increase of forest loss in 2022 shows that the political pledge is well off track.

Brazil, the DR Congo and Bolivia headed the table for tropical primary forest loss in 2022. Indonesia and Malaysia managed to keep rates of loss near record low levels after significant corporate and government action in recent years.

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PUBLISHED: 27/06/2023; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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