2001 Deforestation Rainforest 
Frontiers
MARCH 15, 2022
The study shows that one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019 was due to fires, which is higher than previous estimates. Even I, as a geographer, was terrified reading all the headlines that seemed to imply that the last patch of the Amazonian rainforest was on fire, which was not true.”. Global forest fires 2001-2019 map.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 20, 2023
Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. Coal extraction in Indonesia is done with open-pit mining, hence the deforestation,” says Syahrul Fitra, a senior forest campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019.
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Frontiers
APRIL 20, 2022
New high-resolution map shows fires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019. Even I, as a geographer, was terrified reading all the headlines that seemed to imply that the last patch of the Amazonian rainforest was on fire, which was not true.”. Article link: [link]. Article link: [link].
A Greener Life
APRIL 9, 2023
The Ayoreo people live in the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay, where protected land has been drastically deforested in recent decades. These banks have voluntary pledges, most of them have policies to combat deforestation and extensive screening processes,” Hammans said. However, it doesn’t include finance,” Hammans said.
Frontiers
JULY 27, 2022
When people think of Switzerland, deforestation and destruction of ecosystems doesn’t really come to mind. However, the reality is that from 2001 to 2020, Switzerland lost 40.3kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 2.6% Globally, 80’000 acres of rainforest disappear each day. decrease in tree cover since 2000.
ESA
JANUARY 26, 2022
The Ecological Society of America benefited greatly from Tom’s leadership and ability to formulate science-based projections regarding the consequences of climate change and deforestation. I was among the fortunate people to know Tom as a friend and mentor when we were graduate students in biology at Yale, 1964-1970. Two of his mentors, G.E.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Millions of acres of Alaska’s Tongass forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, will once again be federally protected from road-building and timber harvests. In 2001, the Clinton administration enacted the Roadless Rule , which banned road-building and timber harvesting in certain forested areas, including much of the Tongass.
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