Rate of forest loss last year remained 45 percent above levels needed to halt deforestation by 2030.
Forests almost equivalent to the size of Ireland were destroyed in 2023, according to a new report that warns that the world is lagging behind targets aimed at ending deforestation.
The Forest Declaration Assessment 2024, released on Tuesday, said that 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of forest were lost last year.
The extent of forest lost “significantly exceeded” the amount of deforestation that would have kept the world on track to hit a target of eliminating deforestation by 2030, the report said.
The target for last year was to bring global deforestation down to a maximum of 4.4 million hectares (10.9 million acres).
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