Stunned with the loss of forest trees on Earth: 1 minute missed 40 football fields

According to the latest report, the amount of forest loss in 2017 is really alarming.

Global Forest Watch, Global Forest Monitoring and Research Institute Global Forest Watch and the University of Maryland (USA) recently released a report that really scared many people.

The report talks about the amount of forest trees reduced in 2017, taken from the data collected on satellites. The results show that in 2017, we lost 15.8 million hectares of forest. To make it easier to imagine, this number is equivalent to the area of ​​Bangladesh, and means that every minute our Earth loses forest area equal to 40 football fields combined.

The amount of trees lost every minute on Earth is equivalent to 40 football fields of the World Cup

The main cause of this loss comes primarily from human activity, with extreme climatic factors leading to forest fires.

It is known that 2017 is the second year the forest area lost much in history, and the "champion" is again . in 2016, it is considered a good signal when this bad number is narrow compared to the previous year, but looking at the current situation, the problem seems far from being solved.

Following "tradition" , Brazil maintained its top ranking with the highest deforestation rate in history. Mostly due to fires , originated by people burning forests for agriculture, soybeans, animal husbandry, palm oil production and timber. These are all illegal acts, but are manipulated by local corrupt officials.

In addition, climate change is also the main cause of more droughts. The high temperature makes the forest smoldering, then burst out in a difficult way to control.

The second position in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reached a record high in 2017, up 6% from the previous year. Colombia is the next country also experienced a sudden increase in the level of deforestation, with an increase of 46% compared to 2016.

The main cause in this country comes from politics. Last year, the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC) were suppressed. This rebel group controls a large forest area and strictly controls commercial land use. When FARC failed, many small armed groups took advantage of the muddy water to drop verses and began exploiting illegal land to grow cocoa and get timber.

Human activities are the main cause of deforestation.

This is really a serious trend. Forests play an important role in carbon storage, helping to absorb the emissions generated by human activity. According to this report, effective forest conservation can contribute 30% of effectiveness to the goal of reducing human climate change.

This means the current rate of loss of cover crops is a disaster for animals, local people and especially the fight against climate change of the whole Earth.

Mr. Frances Seymour at Global Forest Watch's Institute of World Resources answered The Guardian: "The current efforts are not enough. This is really an urgent issue that needs proper attention."