CNN —The destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030, according to a new report.
The country’s rate of forest loss rose 15% from 2021 to 2022.
Bolivia saw a record-high level of primary forest loss last year, with a 32% increase compared to 2021.
It came in third behind only Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for area of primary forest loss, the report found.
Despite the global increase in deforestation, there has been a sharp reduction in forest loss in Indonesia and loss levels in Malaysia have remained low, according to the report.
Persons:
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Gustavo Moreno, Jair Bolsonaro’s, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Boris Johnson, Jane Barlow, Rod Taylor, ”
Organizations:
CNN, World Resources, Watch, University of Maryland, Democratic, UN, WRI’s
Locations:
Switzerland, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Glasgow, Indonesia, Malaysia