The world’s biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.
The South American jungle, spanning nine countries, is seen as crucial to the fight against climate change due to its ability to absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Deforestation, mainly for mining and agricultural purposes, has led to the loss of 12.5 percent of the Amazon’s plant cover from 1985 to 2023, according to RAISG, a…
