Global deforestation accelerates during pandemic | Financial Times
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Forests have been razed at an alarming rate across Asia, Africa and Latin America during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research, as environmental law enforcement has been sidelined and villagers have turned to logging for income in parts of the tropical world.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, forest loss alerts have increased by 77 per cent compared to the average from 2017-2019, according to data from Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) — a worldwide warning system for the depletion of tree cover — and compiled by conservation body WWF Germany.