Tropical Forests Suffered Second-Worst Loss Of Trees On Record Last Year
In 2017, 39 million acres of tree cover disappeared, an area as big as Bangladesh. "The report is telling a bleak picture," researcher Mikaela Weisse said. "What we are doing right now isn't enough."
Last year marked another record year of loss for tropical forests.
About 39 million acres of tree cover disappeared in 2017 – an area the size of Bangladesh – according to by the World Resources Institute. That amounts to 40 football fields every minute for a whole year, making it the second-worst year of tree loss on record. The worst.
