by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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In 2022, the destruction of primary forests<\/strong> in the planet’s tropical areas increased by 10%. A worrying figure that is in contrast with the declarations of joint commitment at international level. This is reported in the latest study<\/a> by Global Forest Watch<\/strong>, a project of the Washington-based non-profit organisation World Resources Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n “This increased forest loss,” says the study, “comes in the first year after heads of 145 countries<\/strong> vowed in the Glasgow Leaders\u2019 Declaration on Forests and Land Use<\/a> to halt and reverse forest loss by the end of the decade, recognizing the important role of forests in combating climate change and biodiversity loss. Instead of consistent declines in primary forest loss to meet that goal, the trend is moving in the wrong direction.”<\/p>\n