Tag: as tree cover loss increased by 2.8 percent compared with 2018.

“#Brazil drives increase in worldwide forest loss” Credit: SciDev.Net Primary forest destruction contributed carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 400 million cars last year, as tree cover loss increased by 2.8 percent compared with 2018. Primary forests located in the tropics are especially important for carbon storage and global biodiversity. Last year the tropics lost 11.9…