Australia the only developed nation on world list of deforestation hotspots

WWF report finds area six times the size of Tasmania has been cleared globally since 2004

Australia remains one of the world's hotspots for deforestation according to a new report by WWF, which finds an area six times the size of Tasmania has been cleared globally since 2004.

The analysis identifies 24 deforestation fronts" worldwide where a total of 43 million hectares of forest was destroyed in the period from 2004 until 2017.