"Continued Global Forest Loss Despite Regional Declines: 2023 Analysis"
Despite significant progress in protecting tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia, the world failed to slow the pace of global forest destruction last year, with record wildfires in Canada and expanding agriculture elsewhere offsetting the gains. The World Resources Institute's annual survey found that the world lost 9.1 million acres of primary tropical forest in 2023, nearly the size of Switzerland, representing a 9 percent decrease from the previous year. However, this improvement is insufficient to meet the commitment made by 145 nations to halt all forest loss by 2030.