No slowdown in the loss of rainforests
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Tropical rainforests disappeared at a rate of one football pitch every six seconds last year, researchers said yesterday, urging countries to include forest protection in post-pandemic plans.
The loss in 2019 of 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest 鈥 which means intact areas of old-growth trees 鈥 was the third biggest decline since 2000, according to data from Global Forest Watch.
鈥淧rimary forests are the areas we are most concerned about 鈥 they have the biggest implications for carbon and biodiversity,鈥 said Mikaela Weisse, a project manager at the GFW forest monitoring service.
Loss of primary forest, which hit a record high in 2016 and 2017, was 2.8 percent higher in 2019 than the year before.
Governments preparing post-coronavirus economic stimulus plans should include measures to protect forests, said Weisse.
In the short-term, the virus may weaken enforcement of forest laws, with people taking advantage of that to commit environmental crimes, she warned. In the medium-term, economic stress could hike pressure for more extractive industries in forests or larger-scale agriculture, she added.
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