Forest decline surges despite climate action vows to end it

Tropical forests destroyed last year released 2.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, equivalent to the fossil fuel emissions of India. Brazil accounted for 43 percent of the loss, with Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bolivia responsible for about 13 and nine percent, respectively. Some positive news in the report found Indonesia and Malaysia managed to keep forest loss near a record low, continuing a multiyear streak of stamping down deforestation driven by oil palm plantations.