the alarming figures of deforestation

That’s the equivalent of a football pitch being destroyed every five seconds, day and night. In total last year, the planet lost more than four million hectares of virgin tropical forest, an increase of 10% compared to 2021. Among the most affected countries, Bolivia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, but especially Brazil. The country alone accounts for 43% of global losses.

Political measures against the environment

A situation partly explained by the development of agriculture, gold panning, but also by political measures against the environment. Catastrophic losses for the planet according to representatives of the deforestation monitoring platform. Virgin tropical forests are the lungs of the planet. They store carbon. So some countries are trying to reverse the curve, like in Indonesia.