WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE
Manitoba's Riding Mtn. Park.
The tropics lost 12 million
hectares of tree cover in 2018, the fourth-highest annual loss since
record-keeping began in 2001. Of greatest concern is the disappearance of 3.6
million hectares of primary rainforest, an area the size of Belgium (ten Riding
Mountain Parks). The figures come from updated data from the University of
Maryland, released today on Global Forest Watch. More here.
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