Global Deforestation Increased 3.2% in 2023 Despite Tropical Forest Loss Decreasing from rod uthe Watch Video

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Global Deforestation Increased, 3.2% in 2023 Despite , Tropical Forest Loss Decreasing .<br/>Fox News reports that the global loss of primary <br/>forests in the world's tropics declined slightly <br/>in 2023 compared to the year before.<br/>According to Global Forest Watch researchers, the world <br/>lost about 14,000 square miles of tropical primary forest, <br/>sometimes referred to as old-growth forests, in 2023.<br/>Global Forest Watch (GFW) director Mikaela Weisse <br/>warns that declining losses in Colombia and Brazil <br/>were mostly offset by increased losses in other places.<br/>The world took <br/>two steps forward, <br/>two steps back, Mikaela Weisse, Global Forest Watch <br/>(GFW) director, via Fox News.<br/>Fox News reports that scientists consider <br/>tropical primary forests to be treasure troves <br/>of biodiversity, with the Amazon rainforest home <br/>to an estimated 10% of Earth's known species.<br/>According to Weisse, tropical primary forest losses in <br/>2023 caused greenhouse gas emissions equal to half <br/>of the United States' annual fossil fuel emissions.<br/>According to Weisse, tropical primary forest losses in <br/>2023 caused greenhouse gas emissions equal to half <br/>of the United States' annual fossil fuel emissions.<br/>The GFW found that Brazil, the Democratic Republic <br/>of Congo and Bolivia topped the list of tropical <br/>nations with the most primary forest losses. .<br/>Despite remaining on top of the list, forest loss in<br/>Brazil fell 36% as a result of President Luiz Inacio <br/>Lula da Silva's aggressive conservation policies. .<br/>At the same time, Colombia experienced <br/>a 49% decline in forest loss amid President <br/>Gustavo Petro's environmental preservation efforts.<br/>Overall, beyond just tropical primary forest loss, , global deforestation , rose 3.2% in 2023.<br/>We are far off track and <br/>trending in the wrong direction <br/>when it comes to reducing <br/>global deforestation, Rod Taylor, World Resources Institute <br/>forests director, via Fox News