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Most Countries are Falling Short of Their Promises to Stop Cutting Down the World’s Trees

Inside Climate News · Georgina Gustin · last updated

Despite the urgency behind global pledges to stop cutting down trees and damaging forests, the world lost tens of millions of acres of woodlands in 2022, veering well off track from meeting targets to halt deforestation and reversing modest progress from the previous year.

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