One football pitch of forest lost every second in 2017, data reveals
by Damian Carrington, Niko Kommenda, Pablo Gutiérrez from Environment | The Guardian on (#3T1BF)
Global deforestation is on an upward trend, jeopardising efforts to tackle climate change and the massive decline in wildlife
The world lost more than one football pitch of forest every second in 2017, according to new data from a global satellite survey, adding up to an area equivalent to the whole of Italy over the year.
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