{"id":24758,"date":"2023-04-21T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=24758"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:13:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:13:36","slug":"queensland-deforestation-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/queensland-deforestation-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland is the epicenter of deforestation in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Australia, livestock expansion fuels record deforestation in the state of Queensland. The phenomenon complicates climate mitigation ambitions in the country<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Australia is struggling with the consequences of deforestation, and for some time now everyone is paying attention to Queensland<\/strong>, the state located in the northeastern territory of the country that in just a few years has experienced unprecedented destruction. “If Queensland was a country, it would have been the ninth highest<\/strong> forest destroying nation globally in 2019 \u2013 just above China,” local network The Conversation wrote<\/a> in recent months.<\/p>\n

At the end of last year, the state government disclosed that logging operations had affected 418,656 hectares of land at the turn of 2019-2020, the latest period for which definitive data exist. In 2018-19, the phenomenon had affected an even larger total area of about 680,700 hectares<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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If Queensland was a country, it would have been the ninth highest forest destroying nation globally in 2019.
And it's largely to farm cattle.
This comes at a huge cost to our native animals and plants. https:\/\/t.co\/YLG8iLnXrt<\/a> @manammichelle<\/a> @cyclonewatson<\/a> @UQ_News<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Conversation (@ConversationEDU) January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n