- Forest Declaration Assessment 2022 was published on October 24 this year.
- In 2021, deforestation rates have declined at the global level by 6.3 per cent compared to 2018-20 baseline.
- Though the rate of forest loss has deaccelerated, the climate goal of stopping deforestation by 2030 will not be achieved.
- A 10 per cent annual reduction is required to stop deforestation completely by the end of the present decade.
- In 2021, Brazil is the largest contributor of deforestation in the world. It recorded a 3 per cent increase in the deforestation rate last year compared to the 2018-2020 baseline.
- The deforestation rate in Bolivia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 6 per cent and 3 per cent respectively.
- Around 145 countries have committed to stop and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030 at the COP26 in 2021.
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