Author: Terry Slavin

Last year’s report on progress towards the New York Declaration on Forest’s goal of ending deforestation by 2030 made for grim reading. Instead of progress, the global rate of gross tree cover loss has increased by 43% since the declaration by governments, NGOs and 60 major companies was signed in 2014, with an area of tree cover the size of the UK lost every year.Image: Channels: EnvironmentTags: deforestationAmazonPalm OilConsumer Goods ForumWRINew York Declaration on ForestsWEF

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