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Football-pitch-sized tropical forest lost every 5 seconds: Report

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Earth lost an area of tropical rainforest larger than the Netherlands or Switzerland last year, according to the latest data released by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The report said tropical trees—equivalent to a football pitch—fell or burned every five seconds, 10% more than the previous year. A total of 41,000 square kilometers of tropical forest was decimated in 2022.


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