Last year, the world suffered a loss of an area of old-growth tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland, as deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon continued unabated, a forest monitoring project report said.
Global Forest Watch noted that about 41,000 sq km (16,000 sq miles) of tropical rainforest were lost in 2022.
The Amazon rainforest loss occurred during the final year of Jair Bolsonaro’s government in Brazil, which accounted for more than 40% of all losses.
Despite a recent global pledge to reach zero deforestation by 2030, tropical forest loss last year exceeded 2021 levels.
