News Headline
The world deforested the equivalent of all of Switzerland in the year of the pandemic
Source
Explica
Publication Date
2021-04-05
In the year of the pandemic, the world stopped, & mldr; but not deforestation. In 2020 tropical forests decreased by 12%, despite the fact that human activity had slowed down considerably. In addition, at various times of the year the demand for items that promote deforestation, such as palm oil or cocoa, fell.